Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.

    Testosteron

    тестостеро́нtestosterón

    тестостеро́нtestosterón

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

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Manly behavior, often of an aggressive or foolishly reckless nature.

    Mother encouraged James to rely more on intelligence and less on testosterone to deal with the neighbor's son.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Testosterone is the hormone of aggressivity.

    Тестостерон — гормон агресивності.

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  2. Men have more testosterone than women.

    ruУ мужчин больше тестостерона, чем у женщин.

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  3. This slouched posture lowers your testosterone.

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  4. I have been on testosterone for 2 years.

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  5. Men have about 7 to 8 times more testosterone than women.

    ruУ мужчин примерно в 7-8 раз больше тестостерона, чем у женщин.

    deMänner haben etwa sieben- bis achtmal mehr Testosteron als Frauen.

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Translations

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Origin

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

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