ALL meanings of androgen
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A a - 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 male hormone 1
- 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 (biochemistry, steroids) 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. 0