Definition of androsterone in English:
androsterone
nounˌandrə(ʊ)ˈstɪərəʊnanˈdrɒstərəʊnænˈdrɑstəˌroʊn
mass nounBiochemistry A relatively inactive male sex hormone produced by metabolism of testosterone.
Example sentencesExamples
- For the male sex hormone the names androsterone and testosterone as specialized terms, and androgens as a collective term, became more frequently used.
- As of now, however, the possible anticonvulsant effects of androsterone have not been well characterized.
- It is a necessary precursor of the estradiol (female sex hormone), androsterone (male sex hormone), and other hormones.
- Men secrete more androsterone than women do, and most men become unable to detect the stuff right around the time they start producing it themselves - at puberty.
- Genetic deficiency of androsterone UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activity in Wistar rats is due to the loss of enzyme protein.
Origin
1930s: from andro- + sterol + -one.
Definition of androsterone in US English:
androsterone
nounanˈdrästəˌrōnænˈdrɑstəˌroʊn
Biochemistry A relatively inactive male sex hormone produced by metabolism of testosterone.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is a necessary precursor of the estradiol (female sex hormone), androsterone (male sex hormone), and other hormones.
- Men secrete more androsterone than women do, and most men become unable to detect the stuff right around the time they start producing it themselves - at puberty.
- As of now, however, the possible anticonvulsant effects of androsterone have not been well characterized.
- For the male sex hormone the names androsterone and testosterone as specialized terms, and androgens as a collective term, became more frequently used.
- Genetic deficiency of androsterone UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activity in Wistar rats is due to the loss of enzyme protein.
Origin
1930s: from andro- + sterol + -one.