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A gonad, sex gland, or reproductive gland [1] is a mixed gland and sex organ that produces the gametes and sex hormones of an organism. Female reproductive cells are egg cells, and male reproductive cells are sperm. [2] The male gonad, the testicle, produces sperm in the form of spermatozoa. The female gonad, the ovary, produces egg cells
This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine.
Streak gonads are a form of aplasia, resulting in hormonal failure that manifests as sexual infantism and infertility, with no initiation of puberty and secondary sex characteristics. [ 4 ] Gonadal development is a process, which is primarily controlled genetically by the chromosomal sex ( XX or XY ), which directs the formation of the gonad ...
Paraphilias are sexual interests in objects, situations, or individuals that are atypical. The American Psychiatric Association, in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM), draws a distinction between paraphilias (which it describes as atypical sexual interests) and paraphilic disorders (which additionally require the experience of distress, impairment in functioning, and/or ...
Egomania – obsession with oneself and self-worship (ego- (Latin) meaning I, first person and singular pronoun) Ergomania, ergasiomania – work (ergasio- or ergo- (Greek) meaning work) Erotomania – sexual desire or sexual attraction from strangers (delusional conviction) (eroto- (Greek) meaning sexual passion or desire)
Genetic sexual attraction is a hypothesis that attraction may be a product of genetic similarities. [ 1 ] : 200 While there is scientific evidence for the position, [ 1 ] : 200 some commentators regard the hypothesis as pseudoscience . [ 2 ]
Multi-partnered sex—be it between a couple and singles, multiple couples, or a group of singles—is becoming increasingly common, and the little research that exists about it has found it to ...
The term geriatrics comes from the Greek γέρων geron meaning "old man", and ιατρός iatros meaning "healer". However, geriatrics is sometimes called medical gerontology . Gonad – A gonad, sex gland , or reproductive gland [ 193 ] is a mixed gland that produces the gametes (sex cells) and sex hormones of an organism.