gono-, gon-, -gony, gonado-, gonad- +

Stimulating activity of gonads, applied especially to hormones of the anterior pituitary gland.

Promoting the growth and/or function of the gonads.

The duct of a gonad; an oviduct or seminal duct.

The surgical removal of all or part of the vas deferens (a coiled duct that conveys sperm from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct and the urethra), usually as a means of sterilization in men.

The epididymis is a coiled segment of the spermatic ducts that serves to store, mature and transport spermatozoa between the testis and the vas (vas deferens).

Spermatocele; cyst of the epididymis containing spermatozoa.

Differentiation of the gonads with normal development of the reproductive organs appropriate to the sex; the opposite of hermaphroditism.

An individual microorganism that causes gonorrhea.

1. The primitive reproductive cell of the embryo.
2. A secondary gamete-producing cell.

The condition in which the paternal and the maternal chromosomes remain in separate groups and do not completely fuse, as occurs in certain hybrids.

A bacteriophage having the gonococcus as its natural host.

Any structure serving to store up or conduct the sexual cells; oviduct, spermatic duct, uterus, or seminal vesicle; an accessory generative organ.

1. A contagious catarrhal inflammation of the genital mucous membrane, transmitted chiefly by coitus and due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae; which may involve the lower or upper genital tract, especially the urethra, endocervix, and uterine tubes, or spread to the peritoneum and rarely to the heart, joints, or other structures by way of the bloodstream.
2. It is marked in males by urethritis with pain and purulent discharge, but is commonly asymptomatic in females; although it may extend to produce suppurative salpingitis, oophoritis, tubo-ovarian abscess, and peritonitis. Bacteremia occurs in both sexes, resulting in cutaneous lesions. arthritis, and rarely meningitis or endocarditis.
3. Formerly called blennorrhagia and blennorrhea.

Toxic condition resulting from the hematogenous dissemination of gonococci and the effects of the absorbed endotoxin.

1. Excessive internal secretion of gonads.
2. A clinical state resulting from enhanced secretion of gonadal hormones.

1 Relating to or affected with hypogonadism.
2 Marked by or exhibiting deficient development of secondary sex characteristics.

WESTPORT, February 16, 2000 (Reuters Health) Testosterone therapy provides short-term relief of hypogonadal symptoms in men with symptomatic HIV infection, according to a multicenter group.

Specifically, after six weeks of therapy, the subjects showed improvements in libido, energy levels, mood and muscle mass.