androgen
Meaning of androgen
noun
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.
Information about androgen
- It is a name.
- The plural form of androgen is: androgens.
- Languages in which androgen is used:
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Hyphenation of androgen
an-dro-gen
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- androgen is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Translation of androgen
- Spanish: andrógeno
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