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METHYLTESTOSTERONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does methyltestosterone mean?
• METHYLTESTOSTERONE (noun)
The noun METHYLTESTOSTERONE has 1 sense:
1. an androgenic compound contained in drugs that are used to treat testosterone deficiency and female breast cancer and to stimulate growth and weight gain
Familiarity information: METHYLTESTOSTERONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An androgenic compound contained in drugs that are used to treat testosterone deficiency and female breast cancer and to stimulate growth and weight gain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("methyltestosterone" is a kind of...):
androgen; androgenic hormone (male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics)
Context examples
Fluoxymesterone is approximately five times more potent than methyltestosterone.
(Fluoxymesterone, NCI Thesaurus)
Methyltestosterone, mimicking testosterone, binds to cytosolic androgen receptors, and the subsequent nuclear transfer of the ligand-receptor complex induces transcription initiation of androgen responsive genes.
(Methyltestosterone, NCI Thesaurus)
A halogenated derivative of 17-alpha-methyltestosterone.
(Fluoxymesterone, NCI Thesaurus)
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