methyltestosterone

[meth-uhl-te-stos-tuh-rohn]

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a synthetic androgenic steroid drug, C 2 0 H 3 0 O 2 , used for its anabolic properties in males in the treatment of hypogonadism and other androgen-deficiency disease states, and in females in the treatment of breast cancer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of methyltestosterone¹

First recorded in 1935–40; methyl + testosterone

Example Sentences

Comer admitted traces of banned steroids methandienone and methyltestosterone were found in hair samples taken from the horses at his stables in County Meath.

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Kang’s positive test for methyltestosterone was announced hours before he was due to make his South Korea debut in a friendly against the United Arab Emirates last June.

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Yet he tested positive for methyltestosterone in 2004 and, like Chambers, was banned for two years.

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The player says he used the company's "Ultimate Sports Spray" in June 2009 without knowing it contained the banned substance methyltestosterone.

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