TESTOSTERONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does testosterone mean? 

• TESTOSTERONE (noun)
  The noun TESTOSTERONE has 1 sense:

1. a potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes; responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics

  Familiarity information: TESTOSTERONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TESTOSTERONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes; responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("testosterone" 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 

Many early-stage prostate cancers need normal levels of testosterone to grow, but CRPCs do not.

(CRPC, NCI Dictionary)

Many early-stage prostate cancers need normal levels of testosterone to grow, but castrate-resistant prostate cancers do not.

(Castrate-resistant prostate cancer, NCI Dictionary)

In prostate cancer therapy, buserelin blocks the production of testosterone in the testicles.

(Buserelin, NCI Dictionary)

It is made in the liver from the metabolism of testosterone.

(Androsterone, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cytochrome P450 3A7 protein, plays a role in the hydroxylation of testosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone 3-sulfate.

(CYP3A7 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic androgen derived from ethinyl testosterone.

(Danazol, NCI Thesaurus)

Similar to testosterone, oxandrolone binds to and activates specific nuclear receptors.

(Oxandrolone, NCI Thesaurus)

Similar to testosterone, nortestosterone (19-Nortestosterone) binds to and activates specific nuclear receptors.

(Nandrolone, NCI Thesaurus)

This causes the body to stop making testosterone, which prostate cancer needs to grow.

(Degarelix, NCI Dictionary)

Abiraterone acetate lowers the amount of androgens (male hormones), such as testosterone, made by the body.

(Abiraterone acetate, NCI Dictionary)