Dihydrotestosterone

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An androgenic metabolite of testosterone; used to treat certain breast cancers. countable, uncountable

    "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."

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androstanolone

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"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."

Etymology

By surface analysis, di- + hydro- + testosterone.

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