androgen

From andro- +‎ -gen.

androgen (plural androgens)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) Any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates. A male sex hormone such as testosterone or anabolic steroids.

• anabolic steroid
• androsterone
• estrogen
• testosterone

• androgen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• dragonné, end organ, end-organ, endorgan

From andro- +‎ -gen.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ənˈdɾɔ.ʒən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [anˈdɾɔ.d͡ʒen]

androgen (feminine andrògena, masculine plural andrògens, feminine plural andrògenes)

1. androgenic, causing the appearance of male sexual characteristics.

androgen m (plural andrògens)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) androgen

• androgènic

• “androgen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “androgen”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “androgen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): [ˈandroɡɛn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈandroɡɛːn]

androgen m inan

1. androgen

• androgen in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

From Dutch androgeen.

• IPA^(key): [anˈdroɡɛn]
• Hyphenation: an‧dro‧gèn

androgèn (first-person possessive androgenku, second-person possessive androgenmu, third-person possessive androgennya)

1. androgen

• “androgen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From andro- +‎ gen. First attested in 1884.[1]

• IPA^(key): /anˈdrɔ.ɡɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡɛn
• Syllabification: an‧dro‧gen

androgen m inan

1. (biochemistry) androgen

   męskie androgeny ― male androgens

• androgen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• androgen in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Borrowed from French androgène.

androgen m or n (feminine singular androgenă, masculine plural androgeni, feminine and neuter plural androgene)

1. androgenic