单词 | testosterone |
释义 | testosteronen. Biology. a. A steroid hormone that stimulates the development of male secondary sexual characteristics and which is produced in the testes, and, in very much smaller quantities, in the ovaries and adrenal cortex. ΚΠ 1935 Chem. Abstr. 29 5165 (heading) Crystalline male hormone from testes (testosterone), more active than androsterone prepared from urine or cholesterol. 1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer ii. vi. 234 With a course of thiamin chloride and some testosterone I could have made him as happy as a sand-boy. 1947 Nature 4 Jan. 15/1 Many mammary cancers would regress when the influence of the female sex hormone was lessened by removal of the ovaries or by injections of testosterone. 1961 New Scientist 9 Nov. 340/1 Naturally occurring steroid sex hormones can inhibit ovulation... Testosterone, progesterone and the oestrogens fall into this group. 1969 Nature 6 Dec. 945/1 Celibacy apparently has no effect on the androgens, for most of the monks excreted as much testosterone—the most potent naturally occurring androgen—as normal sexually active males. 1976 Maclean's 3 May 60/3 Among women virilized in the womb from an excess of testosterone (the male sex hormone), 60% registered IQs over 110. b. testosterone propionate n. the propionic acid ester of testosterone, given parenterally as a longer-lasting alternative to testosterone. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > esters > [noun] > named oxalic ether1788 margarate1819 acrylate1843 urethane1856 tropeine1880 malonic ester1881 heavy oil of wine1882 phosphatide1884 ethanoate1892 imino-ester1897 acetylcholine1906 phaeophytin1907 phytic acid1908 propiolactone1917 silicon ester1923 methyl methacrylate1933 Tylose1934 testosterone propionate1937 filicin1941 trichothecin1948 siphonein1949 acetyl coenzyme A1950 acetyl CoA1951 1937 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 124 363 Six normally cyclic rats..were injected daily for 10 days with 0·2 mg. of testosterone propionate. 1941 C. Mazer & S. L. Israel Diagnosis & Treatm. Menstrual Disorders xxi. 308 A number of clinicians reported favorably on the use of testosterone propionate in cases of dysfunctional uterine bleeding, especially that of the premenopause. 1970 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. II. xii. 11/2 Testosterone propionate, given intramuscularly in oily solution, is active over a period of 1–3 days. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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