androgen

From andro- +‎ -gen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈændrəd͡ʒən/

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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.
   • 2013, David O. Norris, Vertebrate Endocrinology‎^[2], page 151:

     It is known as Hatschek's pit and has been found to react positively to antibodies against substance P, met-enkephalin, cholecystokinin (CCK), mammalian luteinizing hormone (LH), and the enzyme aromatase (P450_aro), which converts certain androgens into estrogens (see Chapter 3).

   • 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^[3], volume 2015, →DOI, archived from the original on 6 March 2025:

     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.

   • 2023 November 6, Joseph Bernstein, “Young Men Seek Answers to an Age-Old Question: How to Be Hot”, in The New York Times‎^[4], archived from the original on 4 January 2024:

     Indeed, one popular thread on looksmax.org is devoted to “pubertymaxxing,” complete with “an introduction into androgens and growth factors, and how to apply them.”

• 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): (Valencia) [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, 2026
• “androgen”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

androgen m inan

1. androgen

• “androgen”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

From Dutch androgeen.

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

androgèn (plural androgen-androgen)

1. androgen

• “androgen”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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/neuter plural androgene)

1. androgenic