Author: Glossary

The inability to release semen. Spinal cord injury is a frequent cause.  

A steroid hydrocarbon, C19H32, that is the precursor of androgenic hormones.  

The psychological and physiological changes caused in aging men by the gradual decrease in male hormones. Andropause is thought by some researchers to be a male equivalent of menopause. Its signs and symptoms include bone loss, loss of lean body mass, depression, fatigue, and diminished sexual interest and decreased sexual potency. It is treated with…

Resembling a male in physical structure and appearance.  

A female pseudohermaphrodite.  

A person possessing female gonads (ovaries) but secondary sex characteristics of a male (a female pseudohermaphrodite). Term is less commonly used for a person possessing male gonads (testes) but secondary sex characteristics of a female (a male pseudohermaphrodite).  

Caused by, or pertaining to, male hormones.  

Oozing of milk from a man’s breast.  

The colloquial name for “androstenedione.”  

The study of adult education and how it differs from the education of children.