androgen
- noun
- /ˈændrəˌdʒɛn/
- Specialized
- The standard treatment for advanced PCa is ADT via reducing androgen biosynthesis or preventing androgens from binding to the AR.
- androgen injection
- androgens, including testosterone
- androgen levels
So now you know your PCOS symptoms are not coming from your genetics, or from some unknown cause, or you've got too much androgen hormone.
- So now you know your PCOS symptoms are not coming from your genetics, or from some unknown cause, or you've got too much androgen hormone.
- Which so a chemical can be anti androgenic, knock down androgens, knock down test or it can be pro androgenic, increase testosterone.
- You also have your, say, rooks or androgens, but your pawns are DHEA.
- So men get their androgen receptor gene from their mother.
- Through blockade and of androgen receptors and all sorts of issues.
- It's not going to, you know, increase your androgens to an unnormal level of binding.
- But that leads me to believe that honest to God, anabolics and androgens couldn't work in a couldn't work better in any sport.
Examples
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Cellular cholesterol is a precursor to androgens, the sex hormones that drive prostate cancer development.
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Hormone therapy for trans women is usually estrogen in tablet form and may include progesterone and androgen suppressants.
Academic text (2011) -
Testosterone is an androgen produced naturally by males in the testes.
Academic text (2012) -
So now you know your PCOS symptoms are not coming from your genetics, or from some unknown cause, or you've got too much androgen hormone.
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The majority of the research focuses on androgens, primarily testosterone (Basson, 2003).
Academic text (2006) -
A male fetus depends on certain androgens to direct the development of its external genitalia.
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High levels of insulin trigger the production of excess androgens in the ovaries.
Synonyms
A hormone like testosterone that makes boys and men develop male body features
Antonyms
- Specialized
A hormone made mainly by the ovaries that helps develop and keep female body features
How Androgenic
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
androgen = andro + gen (semi-transparent) = andro + gen
Built from technical combining forms 'andro-' (male) + '-gen' (producer/substance); the meaning is accessible to learners familiar with such medical/scientific elements but not to average B1 learners.
Etymology
Androgen comes from Greek parts andro- meaning 'man' and -gen meaning 'to produce', the same idea you see in generate. So an androgen is a substance that 'produces' and 'keeps' male features, which is why it means a male sex hormone.