Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Patientone on May 17, 2014, 01:08:25 PM
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What is ... oestrogen ?
I understand it's a form of estrogen .. but don't get what the o signifies?
Is it something different?
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Hi - as far as I know oestrogen and estrogen are the same. Oestrogen is the English spelling and Estrogen the American spelling.
Taz x
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Hi Patientone
Just to add also that the the "o" is part of the word's origin and its correct pronunciation. I don't know why a lot of these double letters have been removed in US - the same happens for "ae" together - the a is removed.
The word comes from Latin oestrus - pronounced eestrus. Oestrogen should also be pronouned the same way ie "eestrogen". In US they have removed the "o" and now pronounce it with a short "e" as in "get", but this means the clue to its etymology is lost.
Well you did ask!!!!
Hurdity x
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Hurdity, is there anything you don't know? !!! ;)
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Learn something new every day. :)
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Wow, very interesting !
To me, (in U.S.) it looks like the words are long, lol.
Gynecologist is plenty long enough with out adding extra vowels ;)
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Ju ju - I knew it came from Latin/Greek but then I just looked up the rest.
Patientone - that's another example! It comes from Greek gynaekos = woman. Now that is worth remembering in full!!!!! ;D
Hurdity x
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Patientone - that's another example! It comes from Greek gynaekos = woman. Now that is worth remembering in full!!!!! ;D
Hurdity x
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