methyltestosterone
[ meth-uh l-te-stos-tuh-rohn ]
/ ˌmɛθ əl tɛˈstɒs təˌroʊn /
noun Pharmacology.
a synthetic androgenic steroid drug, C20H30O2, used for its anabolic properties in males in the treatment of hypogonadism and other androgen-deficiency disease states, and in females in the treatment of breast cancer.
Origin of methyltestosterone
First recorded in 1935–40;
methyl +
testosterone
Words nearby methyltestosterone
Medical definitions for methyltestosterone
methyltestosterone
[ mĕth′əl-tĕs-tŏs′tə-rōn′ ]
n.
A synthetic methyl derivative of testosterone used in the treatment of male sex hormone deficiency.