gyno-, gyn-, gynaeco-, gyneco-, gyne-, -gynia, -gynic, gynec-, -gynist, -gynous, -gyny +
(Greek: woman, women, female, females; not masculine, male, man, or men)
Many of the words from these Greek elements refer to botanic or other biological nomenclature.
gynolater
One who worships women.
gynolatry
The worship of women.
gynomonoecious, gynomonoecy
Having female (pistillate) and hermaphrodite (perfect) flowers on the same plant.
gynomonoecism
A genetic female’s capacity for developing spermatozoa in the ovary, at certain times.
gynomorphic, gynomorphy
Having a morphological resemblance to females.
gynonudomania
An over-whelming urge to tear off a woman’s clothes.
gynophilian, gynophilous
A love for and attraction to women.
gynophobia
An abnormal fear of women.
gynoplastics, gynoplasty, gyneplasty
1. Relating to the closing of unnatural openings in the female organs of generation, or to the opening of closed or dilatation of contracted natural openings of the same organs.
2. Reparative or reconstructive plastic surgery of the female genital organs.
gynopleogamy
The condition of a plant species having three sexual forms, with either perfect flowers, pistillate flowers, or staminate flowers.
gynotikolobomassophile
Someone who is fond of nibbling on a woman’s ear.
hendacagynous
Having eleven pistils.
heptagynous
Having seven pistils.
heterogynism
The condition in which the female of the species is more variable than the male in its phenotypic expression.
heterogynous
Applied to species of animals in which the females are of two kinds, perfect or fertile, and imperfect or “neuter”, as in bees, ants, etc.
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Related "woman, female" units:
anilo-;
fem-;
mulie-;
virgo-.
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