sex hormone–binding globulin
- sex hormone–binding globulin
- (SHBG), sex steroid–binding globulin a β-globulin in plasma that binds to and transports testosterone, and to a lesser degree estrogens; it is formed in the liver. Called also testosterone-estradiol–binding g. and testosterone-estrogen–binding g.
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