steroidogenesisn.
/stɛˌrɔɪdə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs//stɪəˌrɔɪdə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/ Biochemistry.
The biosynthesis of steroids.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > formation of substances, etc. > [noun]
elaboration1578
excretion1605
secrement1664
laboration1830
albuminization1843
vacuolation1858
vacuolization1882
glycogenesis1886
clumping1896
chemosynthesis1900
lysogenesis1901
melanogenesis1909
biosynthesis1918
lymphopoiesis1918
biogenesis1922
oncogenesis1932
induction1947
steroidogenesis1951
MAO1965
1951 Recent Progress Hormone Res. VI. 220 We have investigated the effects of several variables on the ACTH-controlled steroidogenesis of the isolated adrenal.
1970 Nature 28 Nov. 885/1 This second monograph..deals with the pathways of steroidogenesis of the ovary and testis.
1979 Experientia 35 159/2 The cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase may be involved in the processes of spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis as animals reach sexual maturity.
Derivatives
steˌroidoˈgenic adj. pertaining to or having the property of steroidogenesis.
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animalized1748
secreting1807
epigenetic1830
elaborative1845
albuminiferous1850
albuminiparous1852
lymphogenous1889
chemosynthetic1898
lymphopoietic1915
biosynthetic1917
biogenetic1930
steroidogenic1951
1951 Recent Progress Hormone Res. VI. 240 Our data suggest the possibility that steroidogenic organs should be visualized as assembly-line processing plants, where specific groups are introduced in a highly specialized way.
1959 Endocrinology LXV. 29 Saline extracts of beef diencephalon were assayed in the decerebrate dog for steroidogenic activity.
1974 D. Webster & M. Webster Compar. Vertebr. Morphol. xiii. 313 In amphibians the chromaffin tissue is embedded in the ventral portion of the kidney along with steroidogenic tissue.
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