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2024
Kallmann_syndrome
Kallmann syndrome
English
Proper noun
Kallmann
syndrome
A
genetic
condition
characterised by a failure to start or complete
puberty
, and loss or alteration of the sense of
smell
.
Etymology
Described in a 1944 paper by Franz Josef Kallmann, a German-American geneticist.
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