Definition of Androgenic hormone

1. Noun. Male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics.


Medical Definition of Androgenic hormone

1. A male (masculinising) hormone. These medications (testosterone, methyltestosterone, fluoxymesterone, danazol) are used to treat androgen deficiency, delayed puberty in males and some forms of breast cancer. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Androgenic Hormone

androgen-binding proteins
androgen-dependent secretory protease
androgen antagonists
androgen binding protein
androgen resistance syndromes
androgen unit
androgenemia
androgeneses
androgenesis
androgenetic
androgenic
androgenic alopecia
androgenic hairs
androgenic hormone (current term)
androgenic zone
androgenization
androgenous
androgenously
androgeny
androglossia
andrographolide
andrographolides
androgynae
androgynal
androgyne
androgynes

Literary usage of Androgenic hormone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"Papanicolaou, GN, and Falk, EA General muscular hypertrophy induced by androgenic hormone. Science 87:238-239, 1938. Parkes, AS The rise of reproductive ..."

2. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"One method takes advantage of the unique androgenic hormone requirement for prostate growth to exaggerate the effects of carcinogens at that site, ..."

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