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  • adjective of or pertaining to androgens; having physiological effects like that of an androgen.

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  • adjective biochemistry Of, relating to, or being an androgen.

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  • adjective of or related to the male hormone androgen

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Examples

  • Making matters worse, the newest forms of synthetic progesterone in birth control pills may bring about an additional libido plunge, because they lack the testosterone-mimicking quality that natural and older synthetic progestins have called their androgenic component.

    Great Sex for Moms M.D. Valerie Davis Raskin 2002

  • Making matters worse, the newest forms of synthetic progesterone in birth control pills may bring about an additional libido plunge, because they lack the testosterone-mimicking quality that natural and older synthetic progestins have called their androgenic component.

    Great Sex for Moms M.D. Valerie Davis Raskin 2002

  • Making matters worse, the newest forms of synthetic progesterone in birth control pills may bring about an additional libido plunge, because they lack the testosterone-mimicking quality that natural and older synthetic progestins have called their androgenic component.

    Great Sex for Moms M.D. Valerie Davis Raskin 2002

  • Hairloss described as "male pattern baldness" will be referred to as androgenic alopecia.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010

  • Hairloss described as "male pattern baldness" will be referred to as androgenic alopecia.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010

  • Hairloss described as "male pattern baldness" will be referred to as androgenic alopecia.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010

  • Hairloss described as "male pattern baldness" will be referred to as androgenic alopecia.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010

  • It is said that primo is highly androgenic, meaning prostate and hair problems right?

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • Some of the progesterone-like hormones in contraceptives can act a bit like testosterone in some tissues while causing anti-androgenic effects in others mentioned in the previous blog.

    Ricki Pollycove, M.D.: Testosterone And Sex: What Women Should Be Talking About M.D. Ricki Pollycove 2011

  • Some of the progesterone-like hormones in contraceptives can act a bit like testosterone in some tissues while causing anti-androgenic effects in others mentioned in the previous blog.

    Ricki Pollycove, M.D.: Testosterone And Sex: What Women Should Be Talking About M.D. Ricki Pollycove 2011

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