dehydroepiandrosterone
noun
dehydroepiandrosterone is spelled D-E-H-Y-D-R-O-E-P-I-A-N-D-R-O-S-T-E-R-O-N-E: 22 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dehydroepiandrosterone means “An androgen hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex; a synthetic version is used as a dietary supplement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dehydroepiandrosterone is dehydroepiandrosterones.
How many letters and syllables are in dehydroepiandrosterone?
| Letters | 22: D-E-H-Y-D-R-O-E-P-I-A-N-D-R-O-S-T-E-R-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dehydroepiandrosterone?
Dehydroepiandrosterone appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of dehydroepiandrosterone
- dehydroepiandrosterones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dehydroepiandrosterone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An androgen hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex; a synthetic version is used as a dietary supplement
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dehydroepiandrosterone come from?
From dehydro- + epiandrosterone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).