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an·dro·gen
 androgen
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
part of speech: |
noun |
definition: |
any substance, such as a hormone, that promotes masculine characteristics.
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adjective + (n.)androgen
adrenal, carotid, castrated, certain, circulating, complete, direct, excess, excessive, exogenous, high, low, male, partial, prenatal, small
verb + (n.)androgen
administer, affect, associate, call, circulate, combine, convert, counteract, expose, include, may, produce, refer, relate, rise, suggest, suppress, synthesize, trigger
noun + (n.)androgen
activity,
amount,
blood,
body,
brain,
cancer,
conversion,
deficiency,
deprivation,
designer,
development,
doctor,
dose,
effect,
enzyme,
estrogen,
exposure,
gene,
growth,
hormone,
injection,
insensitivity,
level,
male,
oil,
ovary,
phenotype,
present,
production,
prostate,
receptor,
replacement,
result,
sex,
source,
study,
syndrome,
synthesis,
testosterone,
testosterones,
therapy,
woman
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derivation: |
androgenic (adj.) |
The word androgen
contains the following parts:
andr, andro
Greek
root
that means man, male
  Example words:
gen, gener
Latin and Greek
root
that means birth, origin, race, kind
  Example words:
abiogenesis, acrogen, androgen, anthropogenesis, congenital, degenerate, disingenuous, eugenics, gender, gene, genealogy, general, generalization, generate, generation, generator, generatrix, generic, generous, genesis, genetic, genius, genocide, genteel, gentleman, gentry, genuine, hydrogen, indigenous, ingenious, ontogeny, oxygen, polygenism, progeny
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