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Responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics
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testosterone
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes; responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context steroid hormone English) steroid hormone produced primarily in the testes of the male; it is responsible for the development of secondary sex characteristics in the male. 2 (context figuratively English) Manly behavior, often of an aggressive ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Testosterone \Tes*tos"ter*one\ (t[e^]s*t[o^]s"t[~e]r*[=o]n), n. a steroid hormone ( C19H28O2 ) produced mostly in the testes, which is responsible for producing the secondary sexual characteristics of males.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN level ▪ Men in their 60s and 70s often have testosterone levels in the low end of the normal range for young men. ▪ One test showed that when white men from the South were insulted, their testosterone levels rose an ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Testosterone is a steroid hormone from the androgen group and is found in humans and other vertebrates . In humans and other mammals , testosterone is secreted primarily by the testicles of males and, to a lesser extent, the ovaries of females . Small amounts ...
Usage examples of testosterone.
Estrogens and progesterone are just part of a complex and closely interlinked hormonal system that includes many other hormones, including testosterone, DHEA, pregnenolone, and melatonin, to name just a few.
For example, prostate cancer tumors grow in the presence of the hormone dihydrotestosterone, which is formed from testosterone.
He had received the results of the endocrinological tests performed at Henry Ford Hospital, and so knew of my XY karyotype, my high plasma testosterone levels, and the absence in my blood of dihydrotestosterone.
When estrogen levels begin to drop during perimenopause, testosterone appears to be able to pick up part of the slack.
I had succeeded in developing a testosterone formulation I judged would be effective on humans, and I had converted the liquid into pills not much larger than a 325 mg aspirin.
I left the Conclusions section blank until I had tested the testosterone pills hidden in my study at home.
You hand over a few testosterone pills to us, and the boy walks away unhurt.
The smell of sheetrock and semi-gloss, of grout, spackle, sweat, and testosterone, reminded me of home.
It might he testosterone formulation be possible to structure transdermal delivery.
A lot of bodybuilders shooting too much testosterone would get what they called bitch tits.
If during its development a young animal is deprived of key hormones - thyroid hormone, or oestrogen or testosterone - the nervous connections in parts of its brain grow characteristically askew.
The 400 milligrams of Deca-Durabolin and testosterone cypionate you just spiked backstage is still a round little bolus in the skin on your ass.
I was definitely feeling the effects of castration and most certainly felt better all the time without testosterone.
Massive doses of testosterone had accentuated her masculine characteristics.
This ties in with their theory that human sexual selection is based on choosing mates whose appearance shows averageness plus symmetry, modified by those features exaggerated by testosterone in men and estrogen in women.