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单词 dihydrotestosterone
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Definition of dihydrotestosterone in English:

dihydrotestosterone

noundʌɪˌhʌɪdrəʊtɛsˈtɒstərəʊndīˌhīdrōtesˈtästəˌrōn
mass nounBiochemistry
  • A male sex hormone which is the active form of testosterone, formed from testosterone in bodily tissue.

    〔生化〕双氢睾酮,二氢睾酮

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It also turns the hormone testosterone into dihydrotestosterone, which effects male sexual characteristics.
    • In the male some tissues are responsive to dihydrotestosterone rather than testosterone itself, and so a deficiency of the enzyme catalyzing this conversion produces the appearance of testosterone deficiency.
    • These receptors attract the male hormone, dihydrotestosterone, which flows in the blood stream and as a result starts the hair-loss process.
    • Another drug, finasteride, interferes with the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone, a hormone that stimulates the prostate to grow.
    • In a number of target tissues, testosterone can be converted to dihydrotestosterone.

Origin

1950s: from dihydro- (in the sense 'containing two hydrogen atoms in the molecule') + testosterone.

Definition of dihydrotestosterone in US English:

dihydrotestosterone

noundīˌhīdrōtesˈtästəˌrōn
Biochemistry
  • A male sex hormone which is the active form of testosterone, formed from testosterone in bodily tissue.

    〔生化〕双氢睾酮,二氢睾酮

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These receptors attract the male hormone, dihydrotestosterone, which flows in the blood stream and as a result starts the hair-loss process.
    • Another drug, finasteride, interferes with the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone, a hormone that stimulates the prostate to grow.
    • It also turns the hormone testosterone into dihydrotestosterone, which effects male sexual characteristics.
    • In a number of target tissues, testosterone can be converted to dihydrotestosterone.
    • In the male some tissues are responsive to dihydrotestosterone rather than testosterone itself, and so a deficiency of the enzyme catalyzing this conversion produces the appearance of testosterone deficiency.

Origin

1950s: from dihydro- (in the sense ‘containing two hydrogen atoms in the molecule’) + testosterone.

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