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ANDROGEN

• ANDROGEN (noun)
The noun ANDROGEN has 1 sense:

1. male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics

Familiarity information: ANDROGEN used as a noun is very rare.

• ANDROGEN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

androgen; androgenic hormone

Hypernyms ("androgen" is a kind of...):

sex hormone; steroid; steroid hormone (any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "androgen"):

androsterone (an androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone)

methyltestosterone (an androgenic compound contained in drugs that are used to treat testosterone deficiency and female breast cancer and to stimulate growth and weight gain)

Durabolin; Kabolin; nandrolone (an androgen (trade names Durabolin or Kabolin) that is used to treat testosterone deficiency or breast cancer or osteoporosis)

testosterone (a potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes; responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics)

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