| eunuch | A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's apartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official rank. Origin: L. Eunuchus, Gr, prop, keeping or guarding the couch; couch, bed, + to have, hold, keep. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| eunuchism | The condition of being a eunuch or of having undeveloped sexual organs in which testicular hormones are not produced. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eunuchoid | Resembling, or having the general characteristics of, a eunuch; usually indicating the physical habitus of a male in whom hypogonadism occurred before puberty. Origin: G. Eunouchos, eunuch, + eidos, resembling (05 Mar 2000) |
| eunuchoid gigantism | Gigantism with deficient development of sexual organs; may be of pituitary or gonadal origin; gigantism accompanied by body proportions typical of hypogonadism during adolescence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eunuchoid state | An imprecisely delineated condition of a male manifesting signs of inadequate androgen secretion during adolescent growth, regardless of the cause; usually referring to long legs, short trunk, and boyish beardless faces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eunuchoid voice | High pitched voice in the adult male resembling the voice of an immature boy; usually functional in origin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eunuchoidism | 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) |