Definition of dihydrotestosterone in English:
 dihydrotestosterone
noundʌɪˌhʌɪdrəʊtɛsˈtɒstərəʊndīˌhīdrōtesˈtästəˌrōn
mass nounBiochemistry A male sex hormone which is the active form of testosterone, formed from testosterone in bodily tissue.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  It also turns the hormone testosterone into dihydrotestosterone, which effects male sexual characteristics.
 -  In the male some tissues are responsive to dihydrotestosterone rather than testosterone itself, and so a deficiency of the enzyme catalyzing this conversion produces the appearance of testosterone deficiency.
 -  These receptors attract the male hormone, dihydrotestosterone, which flows in the blood stream and as a result starts the hair-loss process.
 -  Another drug, finasteride, interferes with the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone, a hormone that stimulates the prostate to grow.
 -  In a number of target tissues, testosterone can be converted to dihydrotestosterone.
 
Origin
  
1950s: from dihydro- (in the sense 'containing two hydrogen atoms in the molecule') + testosterone.
   Definition of dihydrotestosterone in US English:
 dihydrotestosterone
noundīˌhīdrōtesˈtästəˌrōn
Biochemistry A male sex hormone which is the active form of testosterone, formed from testosterone in bodily tissue.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  These receptors attract the male hormone, dihydrotestosterone, which flows in the blood stream and as a result starts the hair-loss process.
 -  Another drug, finasteride, interferes with the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone, a hormone that stimulates the prostate to grow.
 -  It also turns the hormone testosterone into dihydrotestosterone, which effects male sexual characteristics.
 -  In a number of target tissues, testosterone can be converted to dihydrotestosterone.
 -  In the male some tissues are responsive to dihydrotestosterone rather than testosterone itself, and so a deficiency of the enzyme catalyzing this conversion produces the appearance of testosterone deficiency.
 
Origin
  
1950s: from dihydro- (in the sense ‘containing two hydrogen atoms in the molecule’) + testosterone.