ANDROGEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does androgen mean? 

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

1. male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANDROGEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

androgen; androgenic hormone

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

sex hormone; steroid; steroid hormone (any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "androgen"):

androsterone (an androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone)

methyltestosterone (an androgenic compound contained in drugs that are used to treat testosterone deficiency and female breast cancer and to stimulate growth and weight gain)

Durabolin; Kabolin; nandrolone (an androgen (trade names Durabolin or Kabolin) that is used to treat testosterone deficiency or breast cancer or osteoporosis)

testosterone (a potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes; responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics)

 Context examples 

Cancer cells that are androgen receptor positive may need androgens to grow.

(Androgen receptor positive, NCI Dictionary)

A drug used to block estrogen and suppress the effects of estrogen and androgens.

(Megestrol, NCI Dictionary)

A locked nucleic acid (LNA)-based antisense oligonucleotide targeting the androgen receptor (AR) mRNA, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Androgen Receptor Antisense Oligonucleotide EZN-4176, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called androgen deprivation and androgen suppression.

(Androgen ablation, NCI Dictionary)

Excessive secretion of androgens from the adrenal glands or gonads.

(Androgen Excess, NCI Thesaurus)

A small molecule and androgen receptor (AR) antagonist with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Androgen Receptor Antagonist ARN-509, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the regulation of androgen receptor activation.

(Melanoma-Associated Antigen 11, NCI Thesaurus)

Methyltestosterone, mimicking testosterone, binds to cytosolic androgen receptors, and the subsequent nuclear transfer of the ligand-receptor complex induces transcription initiation of androgen responsive genes.

(Methyltestosterone, NCI Thesaurus)

TAK-700 binds to and inhibits the steroid 17alpha-monooxygenase in both the testes and adrenal glands, thereby inhibiting androgen production.

(Orteronel, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes sister chromatid cohesion protein PDS5 homolog B protein, plays a role in cellular proliferation and mediates the G0/G1 cell cycle arrest in response to androgen levels.

(PDS5B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)