xenoestrogenicity en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Pre-Greekder. Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)der. English xeno- Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂-der. Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros)der. Latin oestrusbor. English estrus Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English estro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English estrogen Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English estrogenic English xenoestrogenic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English xenoestrogenicity From xenoestrogenic + -ity.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition of being a xenoestrogen
Interestingly, studies have extracted the fraction containing the mixture of legacy POPs, including the PCBs, and found a correlation between the chemical level of POP biomarkers and the xenoestrogenicity of the serum POP mixture related to the detected level: the xenoestrogenic activity of the Inuit's (high serum PCB levels) and Warsaw study groups (lower PCB levels) elicited high frequency of samples with ER antagonistic and agonistic activity, respectively.
2015 November 11, “Environmental Polychlorinated Biphenyl Exposure and Breast Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: