Relating to or marked by excessive fat combined with underdeveloped sexual characteristics or reproductive organs.
From adiposo- (relating to fat, from Latin adeps) + -genital (relating to reproduction or sexual organs, from Latin genitalis). This compound term emerged in early 20th-century endocrinology to describe a specific hormonal syndrome.
This word represents a real medical discovery: when the pituitary gland malfunctions, patients can develop both obesity and sexual dysfunction simultaneously, leading doctors to coin this exact term to capture the linked condition.
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