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Medical Definition of Dehydro-3-epiandrosterone
1. 3b-hydroxyandrost-5-ene-17-one;a weakly androgenic steroid secreted largely by the adrenal cortex, but also by the testes; one of the principal components of urinary 17-ketosteroids; a precursor of testosterone. Synonym: androstenolone, dehydroisoandrosterone. (05 Mar 2000)