| androgenic hormone | <endocrinology> A male (masculinising) hormone. These medications (testosterone, methyltestosterone, fluoxymesterone, danazol) are used to treat androgen deficiency, delayed puberty in males and some forms of breast cancer. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| androgenic zone | A transient adrenocortical zone present in some rodents at birth, most notably in mice, situated between the zona reticularis and the adrenal medulla; it degenerates in males with the secretion at puberty and in females during their first pregnancy; it slowly enlarges in unmated females after puberty and does not degenerate until middle age; the X zone appears to secrete no hormone. Synonym: androgenic zone. Misnomer for the foetal adrenal cortex of primates. Synonym: foetal reticularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| androgenital syndrome | <syndrome> A genetic disorder present at birth characterised by a deficiency of the hormones aldosterone and cortisol and an overproduction of male sex hormones (androgens). In males this may manifest as enlarged penis, small testes and early development of masculine characteristics. In females features include ambiguous genitalia, failure to menstruate, deep voice and excessive hair. (27 Sep 1997) |
| androgenous | Giving birth to males. (05 Mar 2000) |
| androgens | A class of sex hormones associated with the development and maintenance of the secondary male sex characteristics, sperm induction, and sexual differentiation. In addition to increasing virility and libido, they also increase nitrogen and water retention and stimulate skeletal growth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| androgens, synthetic | Compounds obtained by chemical synthesis which possess masculinizing activities, but differ in structure from naturally occurring androgens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| androgynae | 1. An hermaphrodite. 2. <botany> An androgynous plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| androgynal | Bearing staminate and pistillate flowers on the same parent stem. (09 Oct 1997) |
| androgynism | Pseudohermaphroditism with skeletal and genital anomalies but with female gonads and an XX karyotype. Synonym: androgynism, androgyny. (05 Mar 2000) |
| androgynoid | A male resembling a female, or possessing female features. Origin: andro-+ G. Gyne, woman, + eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| androgynophore | A stalk bearing both the androecium and gynoecium of a flower above the level of insertion of the perianth. (09 Oct 1997) |
| androgynous | In botany: having male and female flowers in the same inflorescence. In general: having characteristics of both sexes. (09 Oct 1997) |
| androgyny | Synonym: female pseudohermaphroditism. 2. Having both masculine and feminine characteristics, as in attitudes and behaviours that contain features of stereotyped, culturally sanctioned sexual roles of both male and female. Origin: andro-+ G. Gyne, woman (05 Mar 2000) |
| android | Synonym: andromorphous. Origin: andro-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| android pelvis | A masculine or funnel-shaped pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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Synonyms : Change of Life, Male
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Synonyms : 5 Androstane 3, 17 diol, 5 alpha-Androstane-3 alpha, 17 beta-diol, 5 alpha-Androstane-3 beta, 17 alpha-diol, 5 alpha-Androstane-3 beta, 17 beta-diol, 5 alpha-Androstane-3alpha, 17 beta-diol, 5 beta-Androstane-3 alpha, 17 beta-diol, 5-Androstane-3, 17-diol
| Andromeda |
broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers (Greek mythology) an Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia; she was fastened to a rock and exposed to a sea monster that was sent by Poseidon, but she was rescued by Perseus and became his wife a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy
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| androgenetic |
of or related to androgenesis
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| androgenic |
of or related to the male hormone androgen
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| androgenic hormone |
androgen: male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics
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| androgyne |
hermaphrodite: one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
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| ANDRO | an automaton that resembles a human being |
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| ANDRO | a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus |
| ANDRO | any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers |
| ANDRO | broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers |
| ANDRO | wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers |
| ANDRO | erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers |
| ANDRO | a morbid fear of men |
| ANDRO | tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes |
| ANDRO | tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States |
| ANDRO | tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States |
| ANDRO | handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn |
| ANDRO | tall tufted grass of southeastern United States |