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sex hormone

noun

Definition of sex hormone

: a steroid hormone (such 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

First Known Use of sex hormone

1915, in the meaning defined above

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sex hormone

noun

Medical Definition of sex hormone

: a steroid hormone (as estradiol, progesterone, androstenedione, or testosterone) that is produced especially by the ovaries, testes, or adrenal cortex and that exerts estrogenic, progestational, or androgenic activity on the growth or function of the reproductive organs or on the development of secondary sex characteristics

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