noun
- Plural of mestranol; a synthetic estrogen used in oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy.
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical; typically used in plural form when referring to multiple doses or formulations
Examples
- The birth control pills contained mestranols as the primary estrogen component.
- Early oral contraceptives relied on mestranols rather than newer synthetic estrogens.
- Doctors prescribed medications with mestranols to manage hormonal imbalances.
- The formulation of mestranols in these tablets has been largely replaced by more modern alternatives.