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androgens

androgens is the plural of androgen.

Meaning of androgen

Noun

androgen (plural androgens)

  1. (steroids) Any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates. A male sex hormone such as testosterone or anabolic steroids.
    • It is known as Hatschek's pit and has been found to react positively to antibodies against substance P, met-enkephalin, cholecystokinin (CCK), mammalian luteinizing hormone (LH), and the enzyme aromatase (P450ₐᵣₒ), which converts certain androgens into estrogens (see Chapter 3).2013, David O. Norris, Vertebrate Endocrinology, page 151

Questions about androgens

What is androgens the plural of?
Androgens is the plural of androgen.

Words near androgens in the dictionary

  1. androgenizes
  2. androgenizing
  3. androgenone
  4. androgenous
  5. androgenously
  6. androgens
  7. androgeny
  8. androglobin
  9. androglobins
  10. andrognathid
  11. androgogic

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