English Explanatory Dictionary

diosgenin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A steroid sapogenin, obtained from certain yams, that has estrogenic activity.

Word forms

diosgenin diosgenins

Etymology

From translingual Dios(corea) + genin, after German Diosgenin.

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