pregnane
The English word “pregnane” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- The parent hydrocarbon for a range of steroids including the progesterones
Etymology
From Latin praegnans + -ane, from praegnās, from prae- (“before”) + gnā- (the root of *gnāscor, an archaic form of nāscor (“be born”)).
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