| andrology |
Science of diseases of males, including infertility, spermatogenesis and sexual dsyfunction
출처: www.stanford.edu/dept/GYNOB/rei/defs.html
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| androgen |
A male sex hormone, such as testosterone. Androgens may be used to treat recurrence of breast cancer. Their effect is to block the activity of estrogen, which "feeds" some cancers.
출처: www.jsonline.com/alive/news/cancer/aterms.asp
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| andropause |
Represent a change in male hormonal balance.
출처: www.people.vcu.edu/~swharkin/swhpages/glossary.htm
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| androstenedione |
an adrenal androgen precursor that is transformed to testosterone by 3 beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase within the prostate cell; testosterone can also be oxidized to androstenedione by 17 beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
출처: www.prostate-cancer.org/resource/gloss_a.html
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| androgyny |
Technically referring to the union of both sexes in one individual, this term is often equated with hermaphrodism. Feminist writers and critics, though, use it to refer to the culturally, rather than biologically, determine characteristics. Androgyny is sometimes celebrated as a liberating vision of wholeness through the blurring or break down of false gender categories. See, for example, Angela Carter s novel The Passion of New Eve.
출처: www.adamranson.freeserve.co.uk/critical%20concepts...
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