male

male (mal)

1. the sex that produces spermatozoa.

2. masculine.

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male (ml)

adj.

Of, relating to, or designating the sex that has organs to produce spermatozoa for fertilizing ova.

n.

1. A member of the sex that begets young by fertilizing ova.

2. A man or boy.

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male

an individual of the sex that produces spermatozoa.

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male castrate

see barrow, capon, gelding, steer, wether.

male feminizing syndrome

see feminizing syndrome.

male genital system

is comprised essentially of penis, prepuce, scrotum, testicles, epididymis, vas deferens, prostate, seminal vesicles, bulbourethral glands and the male urethra.

male pseudohermaphrodite

see pseudohermaphrodite.

male sex hormones

testosterone is the most important male hormone. Weaker androgens are androstenedione and dihydroepiandrosterone.