different between testosterone vs androstane

English

From test(is) +? -o- +? -sterone (“steroid hormone”).

testosterone (countable and uncountable, plural testosterones)

(biochemistry, steroids) A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.
(figuratively) Manly behavior, often of an aggressive or foolishly reckless nature.

“testosterone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
“testosterone”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

testosterone m (plural testosteroni)

androstane (countable and uncountable, plural androstanes)

(biochemistry) The steroid hydrocarbon from which all androgens (such as testosterone) are derived

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