norethindrone acetate

1. 1.

   a synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis

   SynonymsnorethindronenorethandroloneNorlutin

   Broaderprogestin

   trade name

Questions about norethindrone acetate

What does norethindrone acetate mean?

norethindrone acetate means "a synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis".

What is another word for norethindrone acetate?

Close synonyms include norethindrone, norethandrolone, Norlutin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is norethindrone acetate a common word?

norethindrone acetate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.