Diseases

Eunuchism

The state of being a eunuch, a male without TESTES or whose testes failed to develop. It is characterized by the lack of mature male GERM CELLS and TESTICULAR HORMONES.

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The state of being a eunuch, a male without TESTES or whose testes failed to develop. It is characterized by the lack of mature male GERM CELLS and TESTICULAR HORMONES.

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2 entry terms
  • Eunuchoidism
  • Hypogonadism, Male

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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do not routinely interpret hypogonadism in males as EUNUCHISM: use terminology of the author; check tags HUMANS and MALE

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Eunuchism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005058. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005058
  2. Eunuchism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuchism
  3. Eunuchism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9256161