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- noun A
syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testicles or because they failed to develop)
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Examples
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Hirschfeld emphasizes the fact that neither hermaphroditism nor eunuchoidism is commonly associated with homosexuality, and that a large proportion of the cases of transvestism, as defined by him, are heterosexual.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Havelock Ellis 1899
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1 With a decrease in androgen production, secondary sexual characteristics might not completely develop, and features of eunuchoidism and gynecomastia
JAMA current issue 2009
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