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Meaning of levonorgestrel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
ˌliː.vəʊ.nɔːˈd͡ʒɛ.stɹl̩

Definitions

A synthetic progestogen used as an active ingredient in some hormonal contraceptives.

uncountable

Equivalents

Español levonorgestrel
Français lévonorgestrel
Italiano levonorgestrel
Português levonorgestrel

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
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