Meanings
plural dehydroepiandrosterones
- countableuncountablebiochemistryAn androgen hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex; a synthetic version is used as a dietary supplement
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Adrenarche involves the production of a 'sex hormone' called dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and although scientists are not completely sure of its effects they think that it is responsible for accelerated skin gland secretion, the initially sparse growth of pubic hair and also the deposit of bodily fat.
2019, Kairen Cullen, The Psychology of Parenting Teenagers, page 112Synonyms: DHEA
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn androgen hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex; a synthetic version is used as a dietary supplement
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- Englishhydro-
- Englishdehydro-
- Englishepiandrosterone
- Englishdehydroepiandrosterone
From dehydro- + epiandrosterone.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian deidroepiandrosterone
- deidroepiandrosteroneTranslations
Cite this entry
dehydroepiandrosterone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehydroepiandrosterone
“dehydroepiandrosterone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehydroepiandrosterone. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dehydroepiandrosterone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehydroepiandrosterone.
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