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andrology, n. Med.
Brit. |anˈdrɒlədʒi|, U.S. |ænˈdrɑlədʒi|
[‹ andro- comb. form + -logy comb. form. Compare earlier gynaecology n.]
The branch of medicine and physiology concerned with male reproductive function and with diseases and conditions particular to men.
1891N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 54 589/2 The greatest advances made in andrology are due to the endeavors to improve lithotomy. 1910E. M. Corner (title) Male diseases in general practice. An introduction to andrology. 1971Jrnl. Cell. Biol. 51 160/1 The abstract appeared in Morphological Aspects of Andrology, 1970. 1999Proc. Royal Soc. (B.) 2662344/1 The aim of the present study was to investigate the kamikaze sperm hypothesis using standard andrology protocols. 2003S. J. Segal Under Banyan Tree vi. 116 In my laboratory we have worked on the possibility of a male vaccine, a male implant system, a reversible vasectomy, and a male pill. As a founding member of the International Society of Andrology, I have tried to encourage scientists to work in this field.
Derivatives. andrologic adj.
1942Jrnl. Clin. Endocrinol. 2 577/1 The gynecologist, as a part of the gynecologic and *andrologic investigation of barren couples, usually initiates investigation of the fertility of husbands. 1980Infection 8 94 (title) Andrologic studies and sexual potency in chronic human brucellosis. 2002Fertility & Sterility 77 1233 Organic infertility and functional infertility were ascertained with gynecologic and andrologic clinical examinations, seminal liquid examination, [etc.].
andrological adj.
1910E. M. Corner Male Dis. in Gen. Pract. p. vii, The parent of the gynæcological surgeon was the obstetric physician; the *andrological surgeon has developed from the general surgeon. 1975Internat. Urol. & Nephrol. 7 83 (title) Citric acid contents in the ejaculate, significance of its determination in andrological diagnostics. 1997Amer. Anthropologist 99 146/1 If there had been andrological rather than gynecological clinics, would we have had male contraceptive pills? |