dihydrotestosterone

See also: dihydrotestostérone

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, di- +‎ hydro- +‎ testosterone.

Noun

dihydrotestosterone (countable and uncountable, plural dihydrotestosterones)

1. (biochemistry) An androgenic metabolite of testosterone; used to treat certain breast cancers.
   • 2015 August 17, Ricardo Mondragón-Ceballos et al., “Waist-to-Hip Ratio, but Not Body Mass Index, Is Associated with Testosterone and Estradiol Concentrations in Young Women”, in International Journal of Endocrinology‎^[1], volume 2015, →DOI:

     However, high levels of the nonaromatizable androgen dihydrotestosterone and of sex-hormone binding globulin that inhibit fat accumulation in the abdomen might also contribute to reducing the waist.

See also

• dehydrotestosterone