progestational

adjective

preceding and favoring gestation

of or relating to progesterone (or to a drug with effects like those of progesterone)

Roots

propro- · Latin · before, favoring gereregestat- · Latin · carry, bear io-ion · Latin · act of alis-al · Latin · relating to

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The word progestational breaks down into 4 roots of Latin origin: pro-, from Latin pro (“before, favoring”); gestat, from Latin gerere (“carry, bear”); -ion, from Latin io (“act of”); and -al, from Latin alis (“relating to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.