NOUN
- 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
How To Use hypogonadism In A Sentence
- Method We have performed the testicular transplantation to cure 6 patients suffered from hypogonadism with the fetal testis as donor.
- TDS, also known as hypogonadism, describes symptomatic patients with low serum testosterone levels (generally below 12 nmol / L) 2. Medlogs - Recent stories
- The prevalence of sexual dysfunction in men and women treated with antipsychotic drugs is high; however, the contribution of hyperprolactinaemia and secondary hypogonadism needs to be determined.
- A post-ejaculatory urinalysis should be performed if ejaculate volume is less than 1 mL, except in patients with bilateral vasal agenesis or possible hypogonadism.
- Medical disorders such as Cushing's syndrome, hypothyroidism and hypogonadism rarely cause obesity.
- In a rabbit model of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, oxytocin responsiveness was strongly reduced, and was completely restored by estradiol valerate, but not by testosterone.
- A condition called hypogonadism can affect men of any age. Experts skeptical about testosterone for "male menopause"
- Estimates of the number of men suffering from hypogonadism range from 2 to 7 per cent of the male population. Times, Sunday Times
- We're talking about a lot of men here," adds Brannigan, who estimates that at least 5 million U.S. men are affected by late-onset hypogonadism, which is the clinical term for the condition. Drug firms and doctors tout treatments for 'male menopause'; others are cautious
- Measurements of thyroid hormone and cortisol levels should be considered because hypogonadism may occur with pituitary aplasia.
