eunuchoidism

[ yoo-nuh-koi-diz-uhm ]

nounPathology.
  1. a hormonal condition in males characterized by a lack of fully developed reproductive organs and the manifestation of certain female sex characteristics, such as a high voice or reduced facial and body hair, resulting from a lack of androgens.

Origin of eunuchoidism

1
First recorded in 1920–25; eunuchoid + -ism

Words Nearby eunuchoidism

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