androgen

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Definitions of androgen word

noun androgen any of several steroids, produced as hormones by the testes or made synthetically, that promote development of male sexual organs and male secondary sexual characteristics 3
noun androgen a type of natural or artificial steroid that acts as a male sex hormone 3
noun androgen An androgen is any of a group of steroids that promote development of male sexual organs and male characteristics. 3
noun androgen any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics. 1
noun androgen A male sex hormone, such as testosterone. 1
noun androgen male hormone 1

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

First recorded in 1935-40; andro- + -gen

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