Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun biochemistry A substance that is a precursor to a hormone, usually having minimal hormonal effect by itself.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

pro- +‎ hormone

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word prohormone.

Examples

  • I don't think that baseball had yet dealt with the question of prohormone use when McGwire made his admission.

    A decade in the rough 2009

  • I recall that Mark McGwire admitted to using androstenediol, a prohormone.

    A decade in the rough 2009

  • • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • He suggested that “beta-lipotropin could be a prohormone precursor for … endorphins and enkephalins.”

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • 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

  • He suggested that “beta-lipotropin could be a prohormone precursor for … endorphins and enkephalins.”

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.