A steroid having androgenic activity

• Obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context hormone English) A hormone, originally isolated from the adrenal cortex that has weak androgenic effects

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
adrenosterone \adrenosterone\ n. 1. a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Adrenosterone is a steroid hormone with weak androgenic effect. It was first isolated in 1936 from the adrenal cortex by Tadeus Reichstein at the Pharmaceutical Institute in the University of Basel . Originally, adrenosterone was called Reichstein's substance ...