antiandrogen

antiandrogen
Any substance that inhibits the release or the biological effects of an androgen.

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  • antiandrogen — antiandrògēn m <G mn antiandrogéna> DEFINICIJA farm. sredstvo koje blokira androgene receptore ETIMOLOGIJA anti + v. androgeni …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Antiandrogen — An antiandrogen, or androgen antagonist, is any of a group of hormone receptor antagonist compounds that are capable of preventing or inhibiting the biologic effects of androgens, male sex hormones, on normally responsive tissues in the body (see …   Wikipedia

  • Antiandrogen — Antiandrogene sind Arzneistoffe, die die Wirkung der männlichen Sexualhormone hemmen. Substanzen wie Cyproteronacetat und Flutamid blockieren Androgenrezeptoren z. B. an der Prostata und heben so die Wirkung von Androgenen auf. Deshalb werden… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • antiandrogen — an·ti·an·dro·gen (ăn tē ănʹdrə jən, ăn tī ) n. A substance that inhibits the biological effects of androgenic hormones. * * * …   Universalium

  • antiandrogen — Any substance capable of preventing full expression of the biologic effects of androgenic hormones on responsive tissues, either by producing antagonistic effects on the target tissue, as estrogens do, or by merely inhibiting androgenic effects,… …   Medical dictionary

  • Antiandrogen — An|ti|an|d|ro|gen: chem. Substanzen, die den männlichen Sexualtrieb vermindern, z. B. Cyproteron …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Antiandrogen — Anti|an|dro|ge̱n [↑anti... u. ↑Androgen] s; s, e: Arzneimittel, das krankhaft gesteigerte Sexualität beim Mann dämpft …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • Antiandrogen — An|ti|an|dro|gen* das; s, e <zu ↑anti... u. ↑Androgen> Arzneimittel, das die Wirkung der männlichen Geschlechtshormone herabsetzt (Med.) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • antiandrogen — n. agent that inhibits activity of a male sex hormone by blocking the hormone s receptors …   English contemporary dictionary

  • antiandrogen — an·ti·androgen …   English syllables

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