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noun
A sexual reproductive system impairment characteristic of gonadal dysfunction; defective sex hormone production by the gonads (ovaries or testes).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone); results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: incompetence
Narrower terms: male hypogonadism, eunuchoidism, Kallman's syndrome
History
From hypo- + gonad + -ism.
Across languages
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