SEX HORMONE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs
   Synonym(s)
   • steroid (what does steroid mean?)
   • steroid hormone (what does steroid hormone mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) sex hormone is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hormone (what does hormone mean?)
   • endocrine (what does endocrine mean?)
   • internal secretion (what does internal secretion mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • progestin (what does progestin mean?)
   • progestogen (what does progestogen mean?)
   • androgen (what does androgen mean?)
   • androgenic hormone (what does androgenic hormone mean?)
   • estrogen (what does estrogen mean?)
   • oestrogen (what does oestrogen mean?)
   • corticosteroid (what does corticosteroid mean?)
   • corticoid (what does corticoid mean?)
   • adrenal cortical steroid (what does adrenal cortical steroid mean?)
   • anabolic steroid (what does anabolic steroid mean?)