testostérone

See also: testosterone

French

Etymology

Compound of test(icule) +‎ -o- +‎ stér(ol) +‎ (horm)one.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛs.tɔs.te.ʁɔn/
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Noun

testostérone f (usually uncountable, plural testostérones)

testosterone (steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex)

Descendants

→ Turkish: testosteron

Further reading

“testostérone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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