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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024di•os•gen•in (dī′oz jen′in, dī oz′jə nin),USA pronunciation n. [Biochem.]- Biochemistrya crystalline compound, C27H42O3, the aglycone of dioscin: used in the synthesis of steroidal hormones, as of progesterone.
- German Diosgenin (1936), equivalent to Neo-Latin Dios(corea) the yam genus from which it was first extracted, irregularly after Dioscorides 1st-century a.died Greek physician + German -genin; see -gen, -in2
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