| Kallmann's syndrome | Failure of sexual development secondary to inadequate secretion of pituitary gonadotropins, associated with anosmia due to agenesis of the olfactory lobes of the brain; probably X-linked inheritance. Synonym: Kallmann's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| kalmia | <botany> A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Synonym: mountain laurel, ivy bush, lamb kill, calico bush, etc. Origin: NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm, a Swedish botanist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kalmuck | 1. <ethnology> See Calmucks. 2. A kind of shaggy cloth, resembling bearskin. 3. A coarse, dyed, cotton cloth, made in Prussia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kalong | <zoology> A fruit bat, especially. The Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kalpa | One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. at the end of each Kalpa the world is annihilated. Origin: Skr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kaluresis | The increased urinary excretion of potassium. Synonym: kaliuresis. Origin: Mod. L. Kalium, potassium, + G. Ouresis, urination (05 Mar 2000) |
| kaluretic | Relating to, causing, or characterised by kaluresis. Synonym: kaliuretic. (05 Mar 2000) |