Definition of androgen in English:
androgen
noun ˈandrədʒ(ə)nˈændrədʒən
Biochemistry A male sex hormone, such as testosterone.
Example sentencesExamples
- Steroid hormones - including estrogens, progesterones, and androgens - modify the growth of certain hormone-dependent cancers.
- Thus, fasciculata and reticularis cells can make corticosteroids and the adrenal androgens, but not aldosterone.
- This means that it interferes with some of the actions of androgens (male sex hormones) within the body.
- Acne commonly begins in adolescence with stimulation of the sebaceous glands by sex hormones, primarily androgens.
- Male steroid sex hormones, androgens, are produced in the testes.
Derivatives
adjective andrəˈdʒɛnɪk
Biochemistry Testosterone is the androgenic hormone primarily responsible for normal growth and development of male sex and reproductive organs, but it also facilitates the development of male musculature, bone mass and fat distribution.
Example sentencesExamples
- Drugs commonly referred to as ‘steroids’ are classified as anabolic, androgenic, and corticosteroids.
- Of course, exercise and weight-training are the natural routes to achieve this, but it can be achieved more easily, albeit at greater risk to health and reputation, by injecting anabolic androgenic steroids (AASs).
- Researchers still don't know what makes a man susceptible to aggression and mania, but with more than a million Americans taking anabolic androgenic steroids there are good public health reasons for finding out.
- One of the earliest examples of a synthesized and enhanced steroid was the androgenic steroids called androgenic anabolic steroids, which are more potent than testosterone.
Origin
1930s: from andro- + -gen.