hyperestrogenemic

comparative more hyperestrogenemic · superlative most hyperestrogenemic

1. medicineOf, pertaining to, or characterised by hyperestrogenaemia.

   The presence of gynecomastia is not associated with development of cancer, yet protracted hyperestrogenemic states, which are associated with gynecomastia, are linked to breast cancer development.

   1983, William P. Blocker & D. Cardús, Rehabilitation in Ischaemic Heart Disease, SP Medical & Scientific Books - The Michigan University Press, page 22

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   Preliminary results would suggest that the hyperestrogenemic state is a result of both the direct effects of alcohol and the indirect effects of alcohol mediated through the development of liver disease.

   2012, Helmut K. Seitz & B. Kommerell, Alcohol Related Diseases in Gastroenterology, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg Pervulgation - New York & Tokyo, Ethanol and the Endocrine System - Conspectable page 3

   The increase in serum TT and FT levels therefore cannot be due to release of the pituitary from hyperestrogenemic suppression, the factor that lowers them in the first place, and must be due instead to increased hypothalamic stimulation of the …

   1987, Freund House, The Journal of Paediatric Endocrinology - Volume 2, The California University Press, page 158

   Synonyms: hypotestosteronemic