dehydroepiandrosterone

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What does dehydroepiandrosterone mean?

An androgen hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex; a synthetic version is used as a dietary supplement

Where does dehydroepiandrosterone come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)lbor. English hydro- English dehydro- English epiandrosterone English dehydroepiandrosterone From dehydro- + epiandrosterone.

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