SEX HORMONE


Meaning of SEX HORMONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1917

: a steroid hormone (as estrogen or testosterone) that is produced especially by the ovaries, testes, or adrenal cortex and affects the growth or function of the reproductive organs or the development of secondary sex characteristics

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