testostérone
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See also: testosterone
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of test(icule) + -o- + stér(ol) + (horm)one.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
testostérone f (usually uncountable, plural testostérones)
- testosterone (steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex)
Descendants[edit]
- → Turkish: testosteron
Further reading[edit]
- “testostérone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.