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Kallman syndrome

Kallman syndrome noun: a rare genetic condition characterized by anosmia or hyposmia and a failure to start or to complete puberty.

Noun

Kallman syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A rare genetic condition characterized by anosmia or hyposmia and a failure to start or to complete puberty.

Origin of Kallman syndrome

Described in a paper published in 1944 by Franz Josef Kallmann, a German-American geneticist.

Questions about Kallman syndrome

What does Kallman syndrome mean?
Kallman syndrome means a rare genetic condition characterized by anosmia or hyposmia and a failure to start or to complete puberty.
What part of speech is Kallman syndrome?
Kallman syndrome is a noun.

Words near Kallman syndrome in the dictionary

  1. kallistatin
  2. Kallithea
  3. kallitype
  4. kallitypes
  5. Kallman
  6. Kallman syndrome
  7. Kallmann syndrome
  8. Kallmans
  9. Kallmeyer
  10. kalloscope
  11. kalloscopes

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