Androgen
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An androgen is a masculizing "male" sex hormone. Comes from the Greek andros meaning "man" and gennan meaning "to produce." These substances stimulate the development of male characteristics, referred to as masculinization. Examples are testosterone made by the testes and dehydroepiandrosterone from the adrenal cortex.
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