Oestradiol Health Dictionary

See estradiol.

The name given to the oestrogenic hormone (see OESTROGENS) secreted by the ovarian follicle.

Oestradiol is responsible for the development of the female sexual characteristics, of the BREASTS, and of part of the changes that take place in the UTERUS before MENSTRUATION.

n. the major female sex hormone produced by the ovary. See oestrogen.