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- noun biochemistry A substance that is a
precursor to ahormone , usually having minimalhormonal effect by itself.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I don't think that baseball had yet dealt with the question of prohormone use when McGwire made his admission.
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I recall that Mark McGwire admitted to using androstenediol, a prohormone.
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• Almost every sports-supplement store sells products that contain the steroid prohormone DHEA, which is legal but banned by the NCAA, the NFL, the NBA and WADA.
Sports Illustrated - What You Don't Know Might Kill You William Harryman 2009
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When showing a visitor around his store in February, Gonzalez pointed to a bottle of Monsterdrol and described it as "your typical prohormone product."
Sports Illustrated - What You Don't Know Might Kill You William Harryman 2009
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A steroid prohormone is a substance that the body converts to an anabolic steroid; andro is an example.
Sports Illustrated - What You Don't Know Might Kill You William Harryman 2009
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A polypeptide hormone containing 91 amino acids, chiefly serving as a prohormone for the endorphins and enkepahlins.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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Guillemin, Beta-lipotropin as a prohormone for the morphinomimetic peptides, endorphins and enkephalins, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 73 1976: 2156-59.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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He suggested that “beta-lipotropin could be a prohormone precursor for … endorphins and enkephalins.”
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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Guillemin, Beta-lipotropin as a prohormone for the morphinomimetic peptides, endorphins and enkephalins, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 73 1976: 2156-59.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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He suggested that “beta-lipotropin could be a prohormone precursor for … endorphins and enkephalins.”
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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