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)


gynandria, gynandrism, gynandry
1. Said to be an imprecise term for hermaphroditism.
2. An older term for female pseudohermaphroditism.
gynandroid
An individual exhibiting gynandrism. A person with enough sexual characteristics of the opposite sex to be mistaken for a member of the opposite sex. Usually in reference to a woman resembling a male.
gynandromorph, gynandromorphic, gynandromorphism,
gynandromorphous
1. Having both male and female characteristics.
2. An abnormal combination of male and female characteristics.
3. The presence of male and female sex chromosome complements in different tissues; sex chromosome mosaicism.
4. An individual having both male and female external genitalia and/or secondary sexual features.
gynandrous
1. Pertaining to a hermaphrodite or a pseudohermaphrodite.
2. Applied to those flowers and plants in which the stamens and pistil are united in one column, as in orchids; said also of the stamens.
hendecandrous
In botany, having eleven stamens.
heptander, heptandria, heptandrian, heptandrous
In botany, having seven stamens.
heterandrous
In botany, having stamens or anthers of different forms or various sizes.
hexandrous
In botany, having six stamens.
homoeandrous
Having only one kind of stamen.
isandrous
In botany, of a flower, having stamens that are alike and are of a quantity equal to the number of petals.
macrandrous
1. A large male, although the term should properly be megandrous.
2. In botany, having elongated male plants or elements.
meroandrouis
Having fewer testes than is normal.
metandrous
Said of a plant in which the female flower is mature before the male.
micrander, micrandrous
Pertaining to or connected with the dwarf males of fresh-water algae.
misandrous
Hatred of men as a sexually defined group; especially by women.


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