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- a combining form meaning male, masculine, or relating to men
Usage: used in scientific and medical terminology; from Greek andros (man)
Examples
- The term androgen refers to a male sex hormone.
- Androgynous describes someone with both masculine and feminine characteristics.
- Anthropology is the study of humans, derived from andro- and -logy.
- An android is a robot designed to resemble a human male.
- Androecium is the male reproductive part of a flower.