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androgen

an·dro·gen

androgen

 
pronunciation:
aen dr jn
features:
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part of speech: noun
definition: any substance, such as a hormone, that promotes masculine characteristics.
Word Combinations  About this feature
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 Help 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 [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: androgenic (adj.)
Word Parts  About this feature
The word androgen contains the following parts:
andr, andro Greek root that means man, male