Associations to the word «Androgen»

Wiktionary

ANDROGEN, noun. (steroid hormone) The generic term for any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates. A male sex hormone such as testosterone or anabolic steroids.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats