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eunuchoid

American  
[yoo-nuh-koid] / ˈju nəˌkɔɪd /

adjective

  1. affected with eunuchoidism.


noun

  1. a person affected with eunuchoidism.

Etymology

Origin of eunuchoid

First recorded in 1905–10; eunuch + -oid

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About the face of the eunuchoid the striking feature is the incomplete, irregular, or absent hair development.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.

The hair of the face was lost, the breasts enlarged, the voice became high-pitched, and the other type-characters of the eunuchoid complex appeared.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.

A man, made eunuchoid by an accident or by mumps, will observe in himself astonishing changes in his constitutional make-up, mentality and sexuality.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.

These gonado-centric types are not all necessarily sex gland deficient, as the term eunuchoid implies.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.

In consequence there has been described the hyperpituitary face, and the hyperthyroid face, the subthyroid face and the subpituitary face, the adrenal face, the eunuchoid face and the ovarian face and also the thymic.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.

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