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dihydrotesterone

dihydrotesterone is the misspelling of dihydrotestosterone.

Meaning of dihydrotestosterone

Noun

dihydrotestosterone (countable and uncountable, plural dihydrotestosterones)

  1. An androgenic metabolite of testosterone; used to treat certain breast cancers.
    • However, high levels of the nonaromatizable androgen dihydrotestosterone and of sex-hormone binding globulin that inhibit fat accumulation in the abdomen might also contribute to reducing the waist.2015 August 17, Ricardo Mondragón-Ceballos et al., “Waist-to-Hip Ratio, but Not Body Mass Index, Is Associated with Testosterone and Estradiol Concentrations in Young Women”, in International Journal...

Questions about dihydrotesterone

What is dihydrotesterone the misspelling of?
Dihydrotesterone is the misspelling of dihydrotestosterone.

Words near dihydrotesterone in the dictionary

  1. dihydrostreptomycin
  2. dihydrostreptose
  3. dihydrosyringin
  4. dihydrotachysterol
  5. dihydrotanshinone
  6. dihydrotesterone
  7. dihydrotestosterone
  8. dihydrotestosterones
  9. dihydrotheelin
  10. dihydrothiazepine
  11. dihydrothiazepines

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