Testosterone

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Testosterone \Tes*tos"ter*one\ (t[e^]s*t[o^]s"t[~e]r*[=o]n), n.
     [testes + o + sterone a steroid ketone.]
     a steroid hormone ({C19H28O2}) produced mostly in the testes,
     which is responsible for producing the secondary sexual
     characteristics of males.
     [PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  testosterone
       n : a potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes;
           responsible for the development of male secondary sex
           characteristics