Reifenstein's syndrome
[ rī′fən-stīnz′ ]
n.
A familial form of male pseudohermaphroditism characterized by ambiguous genitalia or hypospadias, postpubertal, abnormally large breasts, and infertility associated with sclerosis of the seminal tubules.
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