Definition of "androgens" []

• Plural form of androgen. (noun)

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• "Where women need none, men need two kinds of hormones: androgens from the testes to prompt the Wolffian duct into development, and a second substance, called Mullerian inhibiting hormone, to suppress the Mullerian duct and defeminize the male fetus."
• "These were called androgens (an'droh-jenz; "male-producing" G) and may also he called the testicular hormones or the male sex hormones."
• "To settle the question, a team of British researchers collected the original data from 18 studies and analyzed the material to determine the relationship between blood levels of sex hormones known as androgens and prostate cancer."