andromimetic

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

andromimetic (not comparable)

1. (dated, nonstandard, rare, sexology) Transmasculine.
2. (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^[1], pages 238–249:

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

Derived terms

• andromimetophilia

 

Translations

imitating male biological processes

• Portuguese: andromimético

Noun

andromimetic (plural andromimetics)

1. (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...

See also

• andromimesis
• gynemimesis
• gynemimetophilia
• transgender
• trans man

Anagrams

• demiromantic