What's the difference between andiron and andron?

Andiron


Definition:

  • (n.) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.

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Andron


Definition:

  • (n.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house.

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  • (1) The effects of the neonatal andronization of rats proved to depend on the time of testosterone action at all the levels of the hypothalamus-hypophysis-ovaries-accessory organs.
  • (2) A conclusion was drawn that in the patients with CVEG the ovaries do not serve as the source of andronization of the organism.

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