MALE HYPOGONADISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does male hypogonadism mean? 

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

1. the state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testicles or because they failed to develop)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALE HYPOGONADISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testicles or because they failed to develop)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

eunuchoidism; male hypogonadism

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

hypogonadism (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)