HyperDic: androgen

English > 1 sense of the word androgen:
NOUNsubstanceandrogen, androgenic hormonemale sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics
English > androgen: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaningmale sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics.
Synonymandrogenic hormone
NarrowerandrosteroneAn androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone
methyltestosteroneAn androgenic compound contained in drugs that are used to treat testosterone deficiency and female breast cancer and to stimulate growth and weight gain
nandrolone, Durabolin, KabolinAn androgen (trade names Durabolin or Kabolin) that is used to treat testosterone deficiency or breast cancer or osteoporosis
testosteroneA potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes
Broadersteroid hormone, steroid, sex hormoneAny hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs
Spanishandrógeno
Catalanandrogen
Adjectivesandrogenicof or related to the male hormone androgen

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