adiposogenital dystrophy
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adiposogenital dystrophy
(¦ad·ə′pō·sō′jen·əd·əl ′dis·trə·fē)
(medicine) A syndrome involving obesity, retarded gonad development, and sometimes diabetes insipidus resulting from impaired functioning of the pituitary and hypothalamus. Also known as Froehlich's syndrome.
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ad·i·po·so·gen·i·tal dystrophy
(ăd'ə-pō'sō-jĕn'ĭ-tl)
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A disorder characterized primarily by obesity and genital hypoplasia either of which may be caused by a tumor of the adenohypophysis or lesions of the hypothalamus.
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