| androgynism | Pseudohermaphroditism with skeletal and genital anomalies but with female gonads and an XX karyotype. Synonym: androgynism, androgyny. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| androides | A machine or automaton in the form of a human being. Resembling a man. Origin: Gr. Of man's form, man + form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| andrologist | A medical specialist who treats sperm problems. (09 Oct 1997) |
| andrology | The branch of medicine concerned with diseases peculiar to the male sex, particularly infertility and sexual dysfunction. Origin: andro-+ G. Logos, treatise (05 Mar 2000) |
| andromania | <psychiatry> An obsolete term for nymphomania. Origin: andro-+ G. Mania, frenzy (05 Mar 2000) |
| andromeda | 1. <astronomy> A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda. 2. <botany> A genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water. Origin: L, fr. Gr, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. When bound to a rock and exposed to a sea monster, she was delivered by Perseus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| andromedotoxin | A strongly emetic active principle obtained from several species of Andromeda and Rhododendron (family Ericaceae); it is a cardiac poison, first stimulating and then paralyzing the vagus; it also paralyzes the motor nerve ends in striated muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| andromonoecious | Having bisexual and male flowers on the same plant. (09 Oct 1997) |
| andromorphous | Having a male form or habitus. Synonym: android. Origin: andro-+ G. Morphe, form (05 Mar 2000) |