Medical Term
sex hormones
also: sex hormone
steroid HORMONES responsible for the control of sexual development (primary and SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS ) and reproductive function. The ovaries (see OVARY ) and TESTICLES are the organs primarily involved in hormone production, of which there are three main types: ANDROGENS , the male sex hormones; OESTROGENS and PROGESTERONE , the female sex hormones.
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sex-hormones