androgen

[an-druh-juhn, -jen]

noun

Biochemistry.

1. any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.

androgen

/ ˈændrədʒən, ˌændrəˈdʒɛnɪk /

noun

1. any of several steroids, produced as hormones by the testes or made synthetically, that promote development of male sexual organs and male secondary sexual characteristics

androgen

1. Any of several steroid hormones, especially testosterone, that regulate the growth, development, and function of the male reproductive system. The testes are the main source of bodily androgens.

Other Word Forms

• androgenic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of androgen¹

First recorded in 1935–40; andro- + -gen

Example Sentences

The standard and most likely course of care for Biden will be ADT, or androgen deprivation therapy, which involves a pill or shot that will shut down testosterone production, the doctors said.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead of repressing tumor-suppressor genes, this form of EZH2 drives rapid protein production and activates growth factors like TGF-β, fostering an environment around the tumor that promotes cancer progression despite androgen receptor inhibition.

From Science Daily

For example, females with a DSD known as androgen insensitivity syndrome have XY chromosomes; they produce testosterone; but their bodies aren’t equipped to process it.

From BBC

In other words, inhibiting the function of the androgen receptor alters the regulation of genes within cells, allowing for the expression of genes that are normally silenced and the alteration of the cell state.

From Science Daily

The first, published in Nucleic Acids Research, explored how the glucocorticoid receptor replaces the androgen receptor on the molecular level.

From Science Daily