Definition of "androgen" []

• A steroid hormone, such as testosterone or androsterone, that controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics. Also called androgenic hormone. (noun)

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• "This hormone is called an androgen because it occurs in higher levels in men."
• "Short-term androgen suppression produces inferior survival compared with long-term androgen suppression in the treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer, according to the results of a study published in the"
• "When these sebaceous glands are stimulated by a hormone called androgen, these glands go into hyper mode and start producing excess oil"