norgestrel

1. 1.

   synthetic progestin used in oral contraceptives

   Broaderprogestin

Other forms of norgestrel

plural

norgestrels·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about norgestrel

What does norgestrel mean?

norgestrel means "synthetic progestin used in oral contraceptives".

How many syllables are in norgestrel?

norgestrel has 3 syllables and divides as nor-ge-strel under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.