English Explanatory Dictionary

androstanedione

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of two isomeric steroids: 5α-androstanedione and 5β-androstanedione. In humans, 5α-androstenedione is a metabolic precursor of testosterone and estrone.

Word forms

androstanedione androstanediones
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