male

male definition - medical

male (māl)

adjective
Of, relating to, or designating the sex that has organs to produce spermatozoa for fertilizing ova.
noun
  1. A member of the sex that begets young by fertilizing ova.
  2. A man or boy.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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