andromimetic

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adjective

A transmasculine individual or trans man who has not had sex reassignment surgery.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveandromimetic (not comparable)
  1. datednonstandardnot comparablerareA transmasculine individual or trans man who has not had sex reassignment surgery.
  2. datednonstandardnot comparablerarebiologyImitating the biological processes of a male organism.

    The administration of exogenous cyclic AMP was found to produce marked “andromimetic” effects on a number of enzymes...

    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
nounandromimetic (plural andromimetics)

plural andromimetics

  1. datednonstandardrarelifestyleA transmasculine individual or trans man.

    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...

    1988, John Money, Gay, Straight, and In-between: The Sexology of Erotic Orientation, →ISBN, page 98

Origin

From andro- + mimetic. Literally “male mimic”.

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Translations

Portuguese andromimético
  • andromiméticoimitating male biological processes

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APA

andromimetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/andromimetic

MLA

“andromimetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/andromimetic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “andromimetic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/andromimetic.

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