HIRSUTISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hirsutism mean? 

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

1. excessive hairiness

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIRSUTISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Excessive hairiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

hirsuteness; hirsutism

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

hairiness; pilosity (the quality of having hair)

 Context examples 

Signs and symptoms include hirsutism, menorrhagia and metrorrhagia.

(Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients may present with pseudoprecocity, menometrorrhagia, amenorrhea, hirsutism, and hoarseness.

(Ovarian Sertoli Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical presentation includes weight gain, round face, easy bruising, muscle weakness, emotional changes, hirsutism, and hypertension.

(Cortisol-Producing Adrenal Cortex Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples may include alopecia, male pattern baldness, hirsutism, and hair shaft disorders.

(Non-Neoplastic Hair Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)