Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypergonadism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-g-onadism
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Hyperfunction of the gonads.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hypergonadisms (plural)

Antonyms

hypogonadism

Questions

What does hypergonadism mean?: Hyperfunction of the gonads.
Where does hypergonadism come from?: From hyper- + gonad + -ism.

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