andro

Man, in compounds

Andro is a prefix meaning male or masculine, from the Greek word for man.

It appears in words like androgynous (having both male and female characteristics), android (a human-shaped robot), and androgen (hormones that promote masculine traits).

In casual usage, andro sometimes stands alone as shorthand for androgynous or androstenedione, a performance-enhancing supplement.

Their style is pretty andro.

hormone

testosterone

Chief male sex hormone

pituitary · gonad · adrenal · receptor · biosynthesis · aromatase · hormone · puberty · virilization · masculinization

masculine

masculinity

Male gender characteristics

  • manlyTraditionally masculine in bearing
  • virilePowerfully masculine
  • machoOverly masculine manner

manhood · maleness · male · man · boyish · butch · tomboyish · presenting · characteristics · traits

gender

androgyne

Being of mixed sex

intersex · agender · bigender · epicene · enby · presenting · expression · ambiguous · neutral · unisex

botany

stamen

Pollen-producing flower organ

  • antherPollen-producing structure
  • maleSperm-producing sex
  • flowerPlant's reproductive organ

pollen · monoecious · dioecious · pistil · reproductive

steroid

testosterone

Chief male sex hormone

doping · hypogonadism · libido · intramuscular · hypertrophy · musculature · synthetic · receptor · metabolism · supplementation

Opposites
biological sex/gender prefix

androgyno

Women's health physician, shortened

gyn · fem · ova

gendered presentation/aesthetics

androfemme

Feminine-presenting queer person

feminine · estrogenic · girly · womanly · effeminate

Phrases
Family

android, androgynous, androgyny, androgen, polyandry, andrology, androgenic, polyandrous, androphobia

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