Examples of androgen in a Sentence
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Doctors aren’t sure whether the hormonal dysregulation causes insulin resistance, or whether insulin resistance causes excess androgen hormones.
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Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
Essentially, people with this condition have inherited genes—from either or both of their parents—that are extra sensitive to androgens, hormones that play a major role in regulating hair growth.
—Krissy Brady, SELF, 8 Feb. 2024
Secondly, what constituted a PCOS diagnosis wasn’t a doctor’s opinion, but androgen levels and participants’ recollections of their symptoms.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
For adults with ovaries, androgen levels remain constant throughout their most of their menstrual cycle.
—Angela Palmer, Verywell Health, 17 Jan. 2024
Her body’s complete insensitivity to androgens had left her with a typical female appearance.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2023
Aromatase is an enzyme involved in the conversion of androgens to estrogens.
—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
Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
Essentially, people with this condition have inherited genes—from either or both of their parents—that are extra sensitive to androgens, hormones that play a major role in regulating hair growth.
—Krissy Brady, SELF, 8 Feb. 2024
Secondly, what constituted a PCOS diagnosis wasn’t a doctor’s opinion, but androgen levels and participants’ recollections of their symptoms.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
For adults with ovaries, androgen levels remain constant throughout their most of their menstrual cycle.
—Angela Palmer, Verywell Health, 17 Jan. 2024
Her body’s complete insensitivity to androgens had left her with a typical female appearance.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2023
Aromatase is an enzyme involved in the conversion of androgens to estrogens.
—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
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androgen
noun
an·dro·gen
ˈan-drə-jən 
: a male sex hormone (as testosterone)
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