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sex hormone

NOUN
  1. any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs

How To Use sex hormone In A Sentence

  • It is an important part of a healthy body, being a building block for steroids such as the sex hormones, and the hormones of the adrenal cortex.
  • During pregnancy increased amounts of sex hormones are given off, while in jaundice the bile acids are retained in the body. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 - Presentation Speech
  • Butenandt was recognized "for his work on sex hormones", having isolated estrone, progesterone and androsterone. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry
  • He also believes it was written by people "who are obviously completely ignorant of basic endocrinology, which is required to evaluate a chemical that acts like the sex hormone estradiol. The Bellingham Herald: Sports News
  • THE QUESTION A widely prescribed treatment for prostate cancer, called androgen deprivation therapy, involves reducing levels of androgens - male sex hormones, such as testosterone - that circulate in the blood. Study: Treatment for prostate cancer may increase risk of colorectal cancer
  • Surprisingly, the key to such an anesthetic may lie in the metabolite of a sex hormone.
  • In this case, the autonomic system is stimulated because the woman is not producing enough of the female sex hormone, oestrogen.
  • Oestrogen is a female sex hormone.
  • Men and women both have male sex hormones and these cause follicles next to fine hairs on the face, chest and back to produce an oil called sebum - sometimes in excessive quantities, which blocks glands and creates spots. Undefined
  • Scientists reconsidered earlier assumptions about the function of sex hormones as well.
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