andro

1 of 2

noun

an·​dro ˈan-drō 

informal

: androstenedione

With a new federal anti-steroid law kicking in next month, fitness buffs and athletes from coast to coast are snapping up the last bottles of popular bodybuilding products, including andro, which soon will become banned drugs.

—USA Today

andro-

2 of 2

combining form

variants or before a vowel andr-

1

: male human being

androcentric

2

: male

androecium

Examples of andro in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Also supported by football legend Sir David Beckham and TV gardener andro thor Alan Titchmarsh, the garden aims to inspire new gardeners while highlighting the role of nature in wellbeing and everyday life. — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026

Nine years passed between when a reporter spied a bottle of andro in the locker of Mark McGwire, and Bonds’ supernatural record-breaking power surge. — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 9 July 2019

Word History

Etymology

Noun

by shortening

Combining form

borrowed from Greek, combining form from anḗr (genitive andrós) "man, husband, human," going back to Indo-European *h₂ner- "man," whence also Welsh ner "lord, chief," Oscan ner- (in nerum "of men"), Albanian njeri "man, human," Armenian ayr (genitive aṙn) "man, husband," Sanskrit nā́ (genitive náraḥ) "man"

First Known Use

Noun

1997, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

andro

noun

an·​dro ˈan-drō 

: androstenedione