andromimetic
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Etymology
Adjective
andromimetic (not comparable)
- (dated, nonstandard, rare, sexology) Transmasculine.
- (dated, nonstandard, rare, biology) Imitating the biological processes of a male organism.
- 1974 March 20, D.J.B.Sutherland, R.L.Singhal, “Alterations in adenylate cyclase activity of the rat prostate gland”, in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, pages 238–249:
- The administration of exogenous cyclic AMP was found to produce marked “andromimetic” effects on a number of enzymes...
Derived terms
Translations
imitating male biological processes
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Noun
andromimetic (plural andromimetics)
- (dated, nonstandard, rare, sexology) A transmasculine individual or trans man.
- 1988, John Money, Gay, Straight, and In-between: The Sexology of Erotic Orientation, →ISBN, page 98:
- An andromimetic...is the counterpart of a gynemimetic. He lives full-time as a man. If he has access to male hormone and undergoes hormonal masculinization, it is more likely than not that he will seek hysterectomy and breast removal...
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