dihydrotestosterone

See also: dihydrotestostérone

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, di- +‎ hydro- +‎ testosterone.

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Noun

dihydrotestosterone (countable and uncountable, plural dihydrotestosterones)

  1. (biochemistry) An androgenic metabolite of testosterone; used to treat certain breast cancers.
    • 2015 August 17, Ricardo Mondragón-Ceballos et al., “Waist-to-Hip Ratio, but Not Body Mass Index, Is Associated with Testosterone and Estradiol Concentrations in Young Women”, in International Journal of Endocrinology‎[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      However, high levels of the nonaromatizable androgen dihydrotestosterone and of sex-hormone binding globulin that inhibit fat accumulation in the abdomen might also contribute to reducing the waist.

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