tetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone

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tetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) An endogenous neurosteroid, synthesized from the adrenal hormone deoxycorticosterone by the action of two enzymes, 5α-reductasetype I and 3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.
    Synonym: (initialism) THDOC