levonorgestrel

From levo- +‎ norgestrel.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌliː.vəʊ.nɔːˈd͡ʒɛ.stɹl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌli.və.nɔɹˈd͡ʒɛ.stɹəl/

levonorgestrel (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A synthetic progestogen used as an active ingredient in some hormonal contraceptives.
   • 2024 October 17, Deidre McPhillips, “Some IUDs linked to higher rates of breast cancer, but overall risk remains low”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.

• dexnorgestrel

• “levonorgestrel”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “levonorgestrel”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

From levo- +‎ norgestrel.

• IPA^(key): /lebonoɾxesˈtɾel/ [le.β̞o.noɾ.xesˈt̪ɾel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: le‧vo‧nor‧ges‧trel

levonorgestrel m (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) levonorgestrel