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epiandrosterone

epiandrosterone noun: a steroid hormone with weak androgenic activity, a natural metabolite of dehydroepiandrosterone via the 5α-reductase enzyme.

Noun

epiandrosterone (uncountable)

  1. A steroid hormone with weak androgenic activity, a natural metabolite of dehydroepiandrosterone via the 5α-reductase enzyme.

Origin of epiandrosterone

From epi- + androsterone.

Questions about epiandrosterone

What does epiandrosterone mean?
Epiandrosterone means a steroid hormone with weak androgenic activity, a natural metabolite of dehydroepiandrosterone via the 5α-reductase enzyme.
What part of speech is epiandrosterone?
Epiandrosterone is a noun.

Words near epiandrosterone in the dictionary

  1. epialexine
  2. epiallele
  3. epialleles
  4. epiallelic
  5. epiallopregnanolone
  6. epiandrosterone
  7. epiaortic
  8. epiaquert
  9. epiaquerts
  10. epiascidiate
  11. epiaustraline

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