andro-, andr-, -ander, -andra, -andria, -andrian, -andric, -andrism, -androus, -andries, -andry +

(Greek: man, men, male, masculine; also, stamen or anther as used in botany; the opposite of woman or women)


andromorphous
Having a masculine appearance; in the shape or form of a man; android.
andron, andronitis
In an ancient Greek house, an apartment for men; especially one for banqueting.
andropara, androparous, andropary
Giving birth only to or mostly male offspring.
andropathy, andropathia
Any disease peculiar to males; such as, prostatitis.
andropause, viropause
1. The end of virility; a blend of andro- and menopause.

Context and Source: "Andropause or viropause, the end of virility", Newsweek, September 16, 1996.

2. The period in a man's life during which the production of testosterone begins to decline.
andropetalous
Made double by having the stamens changed into petals.
androphagous
The eating of a man (as opposed to a woman); similar to anthropophagus (cannibalism).
androphile, androphile, androphilia, androphilic, androphily, androphilous
1. Having a preference for males.
2. An individual having a preference for males, sometimes excessively, as in nymphomania; also, anthropophilic.
3. Sexual love of a man, by either a woman (female androphilia) or a man (male androphilia).
4. In biology, thriving in proximity to man and preferring such closeness; for example, certain mosquitoes that prefer humans as opposed to animals.
androphobia, androphobic
A morbid fear of men, or of the male sex, resulting in avoidance of situations where men are present.
androphonomania
Homicidal insanity.
androphore
In botany, a name applied by some to the column formed by the united filaments in monadelphous plants, or a more or less columnar portion of the receptacle bearing several anthers.
androsome
A male-limited chromosome; literally, a male body.
androsphinx
A man-sphinx; a sphinx whose human portion is male.
androspore
1. The zoospore which in certain fucoid algae produces the male reproductive organs.
2. The female plant that produces peculiar swarm-spores out of which proceed very small male plants.
androsterone
A male sex hormone.


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