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Answer for the clue "An androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone ", 12 letters:
androsterone

Word definitions for androsterone in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context steroid hormone English) An androgenic hormone, excreted in the urine, somewhat less active than testosterone.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Androsterone , or 3α-hydroxy-5α-androstan-17-one , is an endogenous steroid hormone , neurosteroid , and putative pheromone . It is a weak androgen with a potency that is approximately 1/7th that of testosterone . In addition, it can be converted to dihydrotestosterone ...

Usage examples of androsterone.

The molecule of estrone, for instance, differs from that of androsterone only in the presence of three double bonds and in the absence of carbon-ig.

As f at back as the 1960’s two chemicals, copulin and androsterone, were found to be sexual signals in monkeys, and to some extent in human beings.

As far back as the 1960’s two chemicals, copulin and androsterone, were found to be sexual signals in monkeys, and to some extent in human beings.