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Definition of Eunuchoidism
1. Noun. The state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testicles or because they failed to develop).
Definition of Eunuchoidism
1. Noun. A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Eunuchoidism
1. A state in which testes are present but fail to function normally; may be of gonadal or pituitary origin. Synonym: eunuchism, male hypogonadism. Hypergonadotropic eunuchoidism, eunuchoidism of gonadal origin, commonly accompanied by enhanced levels of pituitary gonadotropins in the blood and urine, as in Klinefelter's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eunuchoidism
Literary usage of Eunuchoidism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"In the bibliography, instances of eunuchoidism will be found among cases designated
under various cap- ..."
2. The Ductless Glandular Diseases by Wilhelm Falta (1916)
"In the majority of cases the manifestations of eunuchoidism are prominent from
the beginning, or later there occur manifestations of late ..."
3. Practice of Medicine by Frederick Tice (1921)
"The insufficiency of the gonads in eunuchoidism is due to a primary lesion in
these organs, and is not the secondary effect caused by the withdrawal of the ..."
4. Practical Organotherapy: The Internal Secretions in General Practice by Henry Robert Harrower (1922)
"The only sad thing about the case was the comment of a colleague that it
was "probably a coincidence!" eunuchoidism. The condition known as ..."
5. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1920)
"Of these designations, Falta prefers the term eunuchoidism, since infantilism
would imply an arrested sexual life, absence or only partial development of ..."
6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1914)
"Combined disease of hypophysis and testicles produces eunuchoidism. Disease of
all glands with internal secretion, ..."
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