male; masculine: androsterone (in botany) stamen or anther: androecium
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-andro-, root.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- -andro- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "male;
man.'' This meaning is found in such words as: androgynous, android, polyandry.
andro-,
- a combining form meaning "male,'' used in the formation of compound words:androsterone.Also, andr-.
- Greek andró(s), genitive of ané̄r man; akin to Sanskrit nar-, Albanian njerí person, Latin Nero Nero
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'andro' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
andr-
- andro-
- androcentric
- androclinium
- androconium
- androcracy
- androdioecious
- androecium
- androgen
- androgenous
- androgyne
- android
- andrology
- andromonoecious
- androphore
- androsphinx
- androspore
- androsterone
- pachysandra
- philander