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agonadal

agonadal

9.9
Having no testes or ovaries
  • adjective
  • /ˌæɡəˈnædəl/
  • Specialized
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  • Patients who are agonadal may require hormone therapy.

Examples

  • The patient was found to be agonadal due to a rare genetic disorder.

  • Some animals are naturally agonadal at certain stages of their lifecycle.

  • In medical literature, an agonadal individual is described as lacking functional gonadal tissue.

  • The condition is classified as agonadal.

  • The patient was found to be agonadal due to a rare genetic disorder.

  • Some animals are naturally agonadal at certain stages of their lifecycle.

  • Patients who are agonadal may require hormone therapy.

Synonyms

sexless
vsagonadal
  • Specialized
1 7.0

Having no or undeveloped body parts used to make babies

refers specifically to missing gonads rather than partial or nonfunctional organs

Antonyms

gonadal
  • Specialized
8.2

Relating to the parts of the body that make eggs or sperm, like ovaries and testes

Surface Forms

agonadal positive

Morphology

agonadal = gonadal (semi-transparent) = a + gonad + al

Formed by the negative prefix 'a-' + 'gonadal'; the negation is common in medical terms but may be less familiar to general learners.

Etymology

Agonadal breaks into a- meaning 'without' and gonad meaning 'sex organ', like 'testes' or 'ovaries'. So an agonadal person or animal is 'without' gonads.