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