androgen

See also: Androgen

English

Etymology

From andro- +‎ -gen.

Noun

androgen (plural androgens)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) Any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates. A male sex hormone such as testosterone or anabolic steroids.
   • 2013, David O. Norris, Vertebrate Endocrinology‎^[2], page 151:

     It is known as Hatschek's pit and has been found to react positively to antibodies against substance P, met-enkephalin, cholecystokinin (CCK), mammalian luteinizing hormone (LH), and the enzyme aromatase (P450_aro), which converts certain androgens into estrogens (see Chapter 3).

   • 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^[3], 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.

Derived terms

• androgenemia
• androgenic
• androgen insensitivity syndrome
• androgenise
• androgenism
• androgenize
• androgenous
• antiandrogen
• hyperandrogenism
• xenoandrogen

Translations

androgen

• Catalan: androgen (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雄激素 (zh) (xióngjīsù), 雄性激素 (zh) (xióngxìng jīsù), 男性激素 (nánxìng jīsù), 男性荷爾蒙 / 男性荷尔蒙 (nánxìng hè'ěrméng)

• Czech: androgen m
• Esperanto: androgeno
• Finnish: antrogeeni
• French: androgène (fr) m
• German: Androgen (de) n
• Greek: ανδρογόνο (el) n (androgóno)
• Icelandic: karlhormón n, andrógen n
• Indonesian: androgen (id)
• Irish: andraigin f
• Italian: androgeno (it)
• Japanese: 男性ホルモン (ja) (dansei horumon), アンドロゲン (andorogen)
• Polish: androgen (pl) m
• Portuguese: andrógeno (pt) m
• Russian: андроге́н (ru) m (androgén)
• Spanish: andrógeno (es) m
• Swedish: androgen (sv)
• Turkish: androjen (tr)

See also

• anabolic steroid
• androsterone
• estrogen
• testosterone

Further reading

• androgen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dragonné, end organ, end-organ, endorgan

Catalan

Etymology

From andro- +‎ -gen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ənˈdɾɔ.ʒən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [anˈdɾɔ.d͡ʒen]

Adjective

androgen (feminine andrògena, masculine plural andrògens, feminine plural andrògenes)

1. androgenic, causing the appearance of male sexual characteristics.

Noun

androgen m (plural andrògens)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) androgen

Derived terms

• androgènic

Further reading

• “androgen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “androgen”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “androgen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈandroɡɛn]
• IPA^(key): [ˈandroɡɛːn]

Noun

androgen m inan

1. androgen

Declension

Declension of androgen (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	androgen	androgeny
genitive	androgenu	androgenů
dative	androgenu	androgenům
accusative	androgen	androgeny
vocative	androgene	androgeny
locative	androgenu	androgenech
instrumental	androgenem	androgeny

Further reading

• “androgen”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch androgeen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [anˈdroɡɛn]
• Hyphenation: an‧dro‧gèn

Noun

androgèn (uncountable)

1. androgen

Related terms

• andrologi

Further reading

• “androgen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

From andro- +‎ gen. First attested in 1884.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdrɔ.ɡɛn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡɛn
• Syllabification: an‧dro‧gen

Noun

androgen m inan

1. (biochemistry) androgen

   męskie androgeny ― male androgens

Declension

Declension of androgen

	singular	plural
nominative	androgen	androgeny
genitive	androgenu	androgenów
dative	androgenowi	androgenom
accusative	androgen	androgeny
instrumental	androgenem	androgenami
locative	androgenie	androgenach
vocative	androgenie	androgeny

Derived terms

(adjectives):

• androgeniczny
• androgenny

Further reading

• androgen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• androgen in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French androgène.

Adjective

androgen m or n (feminine singular androgenă, masculine plural androgeni, feminine and neuter plural androgene)

1. androgenic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	androgen		androgenă		androgeni	androgene
	definite	androgenul		androgena		androgenii	androgenele
genitive- dative	indefinite	androgen		androgene		androgeni	androgene
	definite	androgenului		androgenei		androgenilor	androgenelor