adiposogenital dystrophy

adiposogenital dystrophy
ad·i·po·so·gen·i·tal dystrophy .ad-ə-.pō-sō-.jen-ət-əl- n a combination of obesity, retarded development of the sex glands, and changes in secondary sex characteristics that results from impaired function or disease of the pituitary gland and hypothalamus called also Fröhlich's syndrome

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a condition seen in adolescent boys characterized by fat distribution of the feminine type and genital hypoplasia associated with lesions of the hypothalamus or pituitary gland. Called also adiposogenital degeneration or syndrome and Frцhlich or Babinski-Frцhlich syndrome.

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  • dystrophy — Progressive changes that may result from defective nutrition of a tissue or organ. SYN: dystrophia. [dys + G. trophe, nourishment] adiposogenital d. a disorder characterized primarily by obesity and hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism …   Medical dictionary

  • adiposogenital degeneration — see under dystrophy …   Medical dictionary

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  • syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

  • Androgen insensitivity syndrome — Classification and external resources AIS results when the function of the androgen receptor (AR) is impaired. The AR protein (pictured) mediates the effects of androgens in the human body. ICD 10 E …   Wikipedia

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