norgestrel

English Thesaurus

1. synthetic progestin used in oral contraceptives (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	progestin, progestogen,
definition	:	any of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	lo/ovral,
definition	:	trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel (noun.artifact)

substance meronym	:	ovral,
definition	:	trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel (noun.artifact)

substance meronym	:	ovrette,
definition	:	trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel (noun.artifact)