goitrogen

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any agent that causes goiter, such as thiouracil.
    — We have previously shown that treating rats with the reversible goitrogen 6-propyl-2-thiouracil (PTU) from birth to Day 25 increases testis size and sperm production in adulthood by up to 80% and 140%, respectively.

词形变化

goitrogens plural

词源

Coined some time between 1945 and 1950, from goitre + -o- + -gen.
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