ANDROGENIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does androgenic mean? 

• ANDROGENIC (adjective)
  The adjective ANDROGENIC has 1 sense:

1. of or related to the male hormone androgen

  Familiarity information: ANDROGENIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANDROGENIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or related to the male hormone androgen

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

androgen (male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics)

Derivation:

androgeny (male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization)

 Context examples 

A synthetic progestational substance with some anabolic, estrogenic, and androgenic properties.

(Norethindrone, NCI Thesaurus)

The orally bioavailable acetate salt of norethindrone, a synthetic progestin with some anabolic, estrogenic, and androgenic activities.

(Norethindrone Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

In females it may be associated with androgenic manifestations and it follows a benign clinical course.

(Leydig Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

The levorotatory form of norgestrel and synthetic progestogen with progestational and androgenic activity.

(Levonorgestrel, NCI Thesaurus)

Formestane binds irreversibly to and inhibits the enzyme aromatase, thereby blocking the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone and the peripheral aromatization of androgenic precursors into estrogens.

(Formestane, NCI Thesaurus)

It has weak estrogenic and androgenic properties.

(Norethindrone Acetate, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The vast majority of cases are stage I lesions at presentation and produce either estrogenic or androgenic manifestations.

(Ovarian Gynandroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually presents with androgenic manifestations.

(Ovarian Steroid Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Grossly, these tumors usually present as large and well circumscribed masses and are usually associated with androgenic manifestations.

(Ovarian Steroid Cell Tumor, Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus)

It may present with estrogenic and less often androgenic manifestations.

(Ovarian Retiform Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)