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Definition of Androgenic hormone

1. Noun. Male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics.

Medical Definition of Androgenic hormone

1. A male (masculinising) hormone. These medications (testosterone, methyltestosterone, fluoxymesterone, danazol) are used to treat androgen deficiency, delayed puberty in males and some forms of breast cancer. (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Androgenic hormone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"Papanicolaou, GN, and Falk, EA General muscular hypertrophy induced by androgenic hormone. Science 87:238-239, 1938. Parkes, AS The rise of reproductive ..."

2. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"One method takes advantage of the unique androgenic hormone requirement for prostate growth to exaggerate the effects of carcinogens at that site, ..."

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