Meanings
- uncountablemedicineA synthetic progestogen used as an active ingredient in some hormonal contraceptives.
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The latest research, published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA, analyzed years of health records for thousands of Danish women ages 15 to 49, with an even split between those who started using intrauterine devices that release the hormone levonorgestrel for birth control and those who hadn’t used any type of hormonal contraceptive.
2024 October 17, Deidre McPhillips, “Some IUDs linked to higher rates of breast cancer, but overall risk remains low”, in CNN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*leh₂iwos
- Latinlaevus
- Englishlevo-
- Englishnorgestrel
- Englishlevonorgestrel
From levo- + norgestrel.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 左炔諾孕酮 /左炔诺孕酮
- 左炔諾孕酮 /左炔诺孕酮 (zuǒquēnuòyùntóng)Translations
French lévonorgestrel
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Italian levonorgestrel
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Polish lewonorgestrel
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Portuguese levonorgestrel
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Spanish levonorgestrel
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Cite this entry
levonorgestrel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/levonorgestrel
“levonorgestrel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/levonorgestrel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “levonorgestrel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/levonorgestrel.
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