dihydrotestosterone

noun

An androgenic metabolite of testosterone; used to treat certain breast cancers.

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Meanings

noundihydrotestosterone (countable and uncountable, plural dihydrotestosterones)

plural dihydrotestosterones

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryAn androgenic metabolite of testosterone; used to treat certain breast cancers.

    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.

    2015 August 17, Ricardo Mondragón-Ceballos et al., “Waist-to-Hip Ratio, but Not Body Mass Index, Is Associated with Testosterone and Estradiol Concentrations in Young Women”, in International Journal of Endocrinology, volume 2015, →DOI, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2025

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
androstanolone

Origin

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

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