Crossword clues for androgen
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
male sex hormone, 1936, from andro- + -gen.
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 or anabolic steroids.
WordNet
n. male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics [syn: androgenic hormone]
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 binding to androgen receptors. This includes the activity of the primary male sex organs and development of male secondary sex characteristics. Androgens were first discovered in 1936. Androgens increase in both boys and girls during puberty. Androgens are also the original anabolic steroids and the precursor of all estrogens. The primary and most well-known androgen is testosterone. Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and androstenedione are less known generally, but are of equal importance in male development. DHT in the embryo life causes differentiation of penis, scrotum and prostate. Later in life DHT contributes to male balding, prostate growth and sebaceous gland activity. Although androgens are described as male sex hormones, both males and females have them to varying degrees, as is also true of estrogens.
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.