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Klinefelter's syndrome

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Klinefelter's syndrome [′klīn‚fel·tərz ‚sin‚drōm]
(medicine)
A complex of symptoms associated with hypogonadism in males as an accompaniment of an anomaly of the sex chromosomes; somatic cells are found to have a Y chromosome and more than one X chromosome.


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These conditions include congenital adrenal hyperplasia, androgen insensitivity syndrome (both full and partial), undervirilization in genetic males, gonadal dysgenesis, and even Klinefelter's Syndrome and Turner Syndrome (although she admits these last two may or may not be rightly considered intersex conditions).
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Terry was diagnosed with Klinefelter's syndrome, a chromosomal disorder that can affect various stages of physical, language, and social development.
The appearance of two X chromosomes and one Y chromosome would be considered "close enough," and folks with Klinefelter's syndrome would be put back into the totally normal gene pool.
 
 
 
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