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Male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics
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androgen
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
male sex hormone, 1936, from andro- + -gen .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
androgen \androgen\ n. 1. a hormone, such as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes development and maintenance of typical male sexual characteristics. They are mostly produced in the testes.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics [syn: androgenic hormone ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context steroid hormone English) The generic term for any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates. A male sex hormone such as testosterone ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Androgen (from Greek andro meaning male), also called androgenic hormone or testoid , is any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone , that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of male characteristics in vertebrates by ...
Usage examples of androgen.
That gland, the adrenal cortex, also produces sex hormones, and especially androgens.
Produced from cholesterol by way of pregnenolone, DHEA is an androgen that is metabolized to form androstenedione, which begets testosterone which begets estradiol and then estrone, and finally, estriol.
It stands to reason that reduced DHEA levels can translate into reductions of these other hormones, particularly the other androgens, androstenedione and testosterone.
Over time, Fanconi children also come to sound alike, with a deep, mechanical note in their voices, the result of the androgens they take to keep the illness at bay.
Namely, an extreme case of hypertrichosis, resulting from an abnormal androgen production level, stimulated by his alien DNA.
Until I reached puberty and androgens flooded my bloodstream, the ways in which I differed from other little girls were hard to detect.
It is also possible to prepare synthetic androgens that retain the general protein-forming property and not the specialized masculinizing one.
With testes present, the opposite happens: androgens stimulate the Wolffian ducts to grow into a male fetus's seminal vesicles, vas deferens, and epididymis.
That gland, the adrenal cortex, also produces sex hormones, and especially androgens.