androgen

See also: Androgen

English

Etymology

From andro- +‎ -gen.

Noun

androgen (plural androgens)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) The generic term for 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.

Derived terms

• androgenemia
• androgenic
• androgenize
• androgenous
• antiandrogen
• complete androgen insensitivity syndrome
• xenoandrogen

 

Translations

androgen

• Catalan: androgen (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雄激素 (zh) (xióngjīsù), 雄性激素 (zh) (xióngxìng jīsù), 男性激素 (nánxìng jīsù), 男性荷爾蒙／男性荷尔蒙, 男性荷尔蒙 (nánxìng hè'ěrméng)

• Czech: androgen m
• Esperanto: androgeno
• Finnish: antrogeeni
• French: androgène (fr) m
• German: Androgen (de) n
• Greek: ανδρογόνο (el) n (androgóno)
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• Icelandic: karlhormón n, andrógen n
• Irish: andraigin f
• Italian: androgeno (it)
• Japanese: 男性ホルモン (dansei horumon), アンドロゲン (andorogen)
• Portuguese: andrógeno (pt) m
• Russian: андроге́н (ru) m (androgén)
• Spanish: andrógeno (es) m
• Swedish: androgen (sv)
• Turkish: androjen (tr)

See also

• anabolic steroid
• androsterone
• estrogen
• testosterone

Further reading

• androgen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dragonné, end organ, end-organ, endorgan

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Catalan

Noun

androgen m (plural androgens)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) androgen

Derived terms

• androgènic

Further reading

• “androgen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Czech

Noun

1. androgen

Further reading

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