Hypergonadism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Hyperfunction of the gonads. countable, uncountable

    "In mild cases of hypergonadism prior to puberty, the onset of physical and mood changes may not be abnormally early or significant enough to cause any psychological or long-term physical complications."

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"In mild cases of hypergonadism prior to puberty, the onset of physical and mood changes may not be abnormally early or significant enough to cause any psychological or long-term physical complications."

Etymology

From hyper- + gonad + -ism.

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