HYPOGONADISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypogonadism mean? 

• HYPOGONADISM (noun)
  The noun HYPOGONADISM has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: HYPOGONADISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOGONADISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hypogonadism" is a kind of...):

incompetence (inability of a part or organ to function properly)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hypogonadism"):

eunuchoidism; male hypogonadism (the state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testicles or because they failed to develop))

Kallman's syndrome (hypogonadism with anosmia; a congenital sexual disorder that prevents the testicles from maturing at puberty)

 Context examples 

Clinical signs of Laurence-Moon syndrome include ataxia, intellectual delay, retinitis pigmentosa and hypogonadism.

(Laurence-Moon Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

An autosomal recessive condition characterized by hypogonadism; spinocerebellar degeneration; MENTAL RETARDATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; and OBESITY.

(Laurence-Moon Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Mutations in the gene are associated with both X-linked congenital adrenal hypoplasia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.

(NR0B1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The range of endocrinopathies includes hypoparathyroidism, adrenal insufficiency, hypogonadism, type 1 diabetes mellitus and hypothyroidism.

(Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It may lead to skin pigmentation, liver failure, heart failure, and hypogonadism.

(HFE-Associated Hereditary Hemochromatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by xeroderma pigmentosum, mental retardation, dwarfism, hypogonadism, and neurologic abnormalities.

(De Sanctis-Cacchione Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Defects in the gene are a cause of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.

(GNRHR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs include obesity, short stature, pubertal delay, hypogonadism, visual impairment, polydipsia and polyuria.

(Frohlich Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by myotonia, muscular dystrophy, hypogonadism, heart conduction defects and cataracts.

(Dystrophia Myotonica 1, NCI Thesaurus)

An X-linked or autosomal dominant genetic syndrome characterized by hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia.

(Kallmann Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)