Examples of androgen in a Sentence
Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
That tells us androgen therapy and activation of androgen receptors counteracts estrogen receptor signaling.
—Angus Chen, STAT, 8 Mar. 2023
Stress: Your body secretes more androgens than usual if you are stressed.
—Jacqueline Andriakos, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
The report also pointed to drugs promoted on TikTok that are popular in fitness communities and considered similar to steroids — peptides and selective androgen receptor modulators, or SARMs.
—Huiling Zhou, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2023
Hormone therapy: Birth control pills may reduce hormonal acne by limiting the effects of androgens.
—Jacqueline Andriakos, Health, 25 Aug. 2023
Hormones called androgens are primarily to blame for significant hair loss; specifically, an androgen called dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which the body creates from its total supply of testosterone each day.
—Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
Discovery and therapeutic promise of selective androgen receptor modulators.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 July 2023
Selective androgen receptor modulators: the future of androgen therapy?
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 July 2023
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Word History
Note: The term was apparently introduced in a short article "The Nomenclature of 'Male Hormones'" by the American Medical Society's Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry, published in the Journal of the American Medical Society, vol. 107, no. 3 (July 18, 1936), p. 212.
1936, in the meaning defined above
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“Androgen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/androgen. Accessed 1 Dec. 2023.
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