dihydrotestosterone
dihydrotestosterone noun: an androgenic metabolite of testosterone; used to treat certain breast cancers.
Noun
dihydrotestosterone (countable and uncountable, plural dihydrotestosterones)
- 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...
Forms of dihydrotestosterone
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Origin of dihydrotestosterone
By surface analysis, di- + hydro- + testosterone.
Questions about dihydrotestosterone
- What does dihydrotestosterone mean?
- Dihydrotestosterone means an androgenic metabolite of testosterone; used to treat certain breast cancers.
- What part of speech is dihydrotestosterone?
- Dihydrotestosterone is a noun.
- What is the plural of dihydrotestosterone?
- The plural of dihydrotestosterone is dihydrotestosterones.
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