noun
- A synthetic estrogen used in oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy.
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical term; often used in combination with progestin in birth control pills
Examples
- Mestranol was one of the first estrogens used in oral contraceptive formulations.
- The pill contained mestranol combined with norethynodrel as a progestin.
- Doctors may prescribe medications containing mestranol for hormone replacement therapy.
- Mestranol has largely been replaced by ethinyl estradiol in modern contraceptives.
- The patient's prescription included a mestranol-based oral contraceptive.