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ANDROGENIC
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I. (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:
In a minority of cases androgenic manifestations are present.
(Ovarian Luteinized Thecoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It usually affects postmenopausal women and in most cases, is associated with androgenic manifestations.
(Ovarian Leydig Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Exemestane 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.
(Exemestane, NCI Thesaurus)
In addition, ethynodiol diacetate has weak oestrogenic and androgenic properties.
(Ethynodiol Diacetate, NCI Thesaurus)
In addition, this agent blocks the peripheral aromatization of androgenic precursors to estrogens.
(Aminoglutethimide, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called: Steroids, Anabolic, Anabolic-androgenic steroids, Performance-enhancing drugs
(Anabolic Steroids, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Estrogenic and rarely androgenic manifestations may be present.
(Adult Type Granulosa Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
It can be associated with the overproduction of glucocorticoids (Cushing's syndrome), androgenic or estrogenic steroids (adrenogenital syndrome), or mineralocorticoids (Conn's syndrome). (Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 3rd ed.) — 2003
(Adrenal Gland Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
More than 90% of the receipts collected in Brazil and Spain had BPA and presented hormone‑like, anti‑androgenic activity.
(Purchase receipts with easily erasable ink contain cancer- and infertility inducing substances, University of Granada)
It can be associated with the overproduction of glucocorticoids (Cushing's syndrome), androgenic or estrogenic steroids (adrenogenital syndrome), or mineralocorticoids (Conn's syndrome).
(Adrenal Cortex Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
