ADRENOSTERONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adrenosterone mean? 

• ADRENOSTERONE (noun)
  The noun ADRENOSTERONE has 1 sense:

1. a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland

  Familiarity information: ADRENOSTERONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADRENOSTERONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("adrenosterone" is a kind of...):

endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)