Causing or relating to the development of male characteristics or the effects of male hormones.
From 'androgen' + '-ic' (adjective suffix). Established in medical and biological vocabulary during the early study of endocrinology in the 1930s-1940s.
When doctors talk about something being "androgenic," they're describing anything that triggers your body's maleness switch—whether it's hormones, steroids, or even certain environmental chemicals that unexpectedly activate male traits.
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