Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Androstenedione.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An element in many compound words of Greek origin, meaning man, and hence masculine, male; especially, in botany (also terminally, -androus, -ander, -andria), with reference to the male organs or stamens of a flower. See -androus.
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- noun informal
androstenedione
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Examples
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Some experts say andro is sold over the counter because it gets through the government regulations as a dietary supplement on a loophole, that its molecular structure is just like steroids.
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They may have also heard of a substance known as andro, another designer steroid.
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Now a couple of things about THG and another steroid known as andro that used to be legal.
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"andro" -- which was not illegal at the time and was widely available.
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Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and androstenedione ( "andro") are weaker androgens that decline with age.
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Supplements containing ephedra, androstenedione ( "andro" was inadvertently popularized by former star Mark McGwire) and creatine (used by preeminent slugger Barry Bonds) have been associated with hormonal imbalance, kidney ailments and injury or death.
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We ignored our suspicions, the physical changes in some players, even McGwire's public connection in '98 to the quasi-steroid called "andro," because Mac and Sammy were such fun as they hit 70 and 66 homers.
Express Milwaukee 2010
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We ignored our suspicions, the physical changes in some players, even McGwire's public connection in '98 to the quasi-steroid called "andro," because Mac and Sammy were such fun as they hit 70 and 66 homers.
Express Milwaukee 2010
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If you keep the testosterone levels up, even though "andro" is not steroids, it allows you to release more of the testosterone in your body.
Deadspin 2009
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The Mitchell Report fails to note the players caught under baseball’s new random testing policy as well as those caught using or admitted to using andro which is a steroid.
Is Today Mark McGwire’s Best Day in Years? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
john commented on the word andro
"For Deborah, anything remotely short of butch-femme seems silly, icky, neutered. “One of my really good friends was like, ‘If I was going to be with a girl, I would want to be with a girl like you, Deb,’ �? she continues. “And I’m like, ‘You’re sweet, but a lot of the girls who are totally like me wouldn’t ever in a million years sleep with you.’ Ever. I don’t want to fuck myself. What kind of balance is that? And the whole b-o-i business, I’m like, what the fuck? What does that mean? In one respect I thought it meant a little bit butch of center, slightly more andro, with this whole tweezed-eyebrow business that makes me want to puke.�?"
New York Magazine, Where the Bois Are, by Ariel Levy, January 5, 2004
September 9, 2008