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Hirsutism
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Hirsutism Hairiness, especially excessive hairiness. Hirsutism is often indicative of a supersufficiency of androgens. In females, an ovarian cyst or tumor may be the source of this androgen.
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Hirsutism
Hairiness, especially excessive hairiness. Hirsutism is often indicative of a supersufficiency of androgens. In females, an ovarian cyst or tumor may be the source of this androgen.
Cyst
A soft or hard tissue sac, hard or filled with fluid
Tumor
Overgrowth of tissue.
Androgen
Any substance that produces male characteristics. Testosterone and androsterone are natural androgens.
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Hirschsprung's disease
A birth defect in which some nerve cells are lacking in the large intestine. See also megacolon.
Hirslanden Clinic
The Hirslanden Clinic is a hospital in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Heterosexualism
Other-sex contact, either as a genital act or as a long term sexuoerotic status. It is analogous to right-handedness in being in conformity with the norm and, therefore, not pathological in itself, though subject to other pathology. A heterosexual person is able to fall in love with, and become the pairbonded sexuoerotic partner of only a person of the other morphologic sex. Paraphilias occur predominantly in association with heterosexual pairing.
Heterosexuality
Erotosexual pairing with a partner of the complementary genital morphology. It's full manifestation includes falling in love.
Heuristic
Serving to stimulate investigation; gaining knowledge through discovery.
Hijra
In India, the name given to a full-time female impersonator or gynemimetic, in some cases also a eunuch with partial surgical sex reassignment, who is a member of a traditional social organization, part cult and part caste, of hijras whose worship is of the goddess, Bahuchara Mata, and whose sexuoerotic role is as women with men.
Hippocrates
The Greek physician (c. 460-377 BC) who is honored as the father of medicine.
Hirsutism
Homogeneous
Of the same type, or having the same characteristics.
Homophilia
The condition in which love, lust, and pairbonding are directed and attached primarily to those of the same sex. A condition of being in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to, and dependent upon a partner of the same morphologic sex [from Greek, homos, same + -philia]. Homophilia may exist only in ideation and affect or in combination with sexual behavior in some homosexuality.
Homophobia
The condition in which those whose love and lust are attached to others of the same sex are dreaded or feared pathological fear of homosexualism. It is not itself a paraphilia, but may be associated with one, as in homophobic lust murder [from Greek, homos, same + phobos, fear or fright].
Homophylophilia
Homosexuality; homophylophile: noun, a homosexual.
Homosexology
Sexological science as applied to homosexuality and its relationship to heterosexuality and bisexuality.
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Hirsutism
Hairiness, especially excessive hairiness. Hirsutism is often indicative of a supersufficiency of androgens. In females, an ovarian cyst or tumor may be the source of this androgen.
Cyst
A soft or hard tissue sac, hard or filled with fluid
Tumor
Overgrowth of tissue.
Androgen
Any substance that produces male characteristics. Testosterone and androsterone are natural androgens.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Hirschsprung's disease
A birth defect in which some nerve cells are lacking in the large intestine. See also megacolon.
Hirslanden Clinic
The Hirslanden Clinic is a hospital in Zurich, Switzerland.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Heterosexualism
Other-sex contact, either as a genital act or as a long term sexuoerotic status. It is analogous to right-handedness in being in conformity with the norm and, therefore, not pathological in itself, though subject to other pathology. A heterosexual person is able to fall in love with, and become the pairbonded sexuoerotic partner of only a person of the other morphologic sex. Paraphilias occur predominantly in association with heterosexual pairing.
Heterosexuality
Erotosexual pairing with a partner of the complementary genital morphology. It's full manifestation includes falling in love.
Heuristic
Serving to stimulate investigation; gaining knowledge through discovery.
Hijra
In India, the name given to a full-time female impersonator or gynemimetic, in some cases also a eunuch with partial surgical sex reassignment, who is a member of a traditional social organization, part cult and part caste, of hijras whose worship is of the goddess, Bahuchara Mata, and whose sexuoerotic role is as women with men.
Hippocrates
The Greek physician (c. 460-377 BC) who is honored as the father of medicine.
Hirsutism
Homogeneous
Of the same type, or having the same characteristics.
Homophilia
The condition in which love, lust, and pairbonding are directed and attached primarily to those of the same sex. A condition of being in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to, and dependent upon a partner of the same morphologic sex [from Greek, homos, same + -philia]. Homophilia may exist only in ideation and affect or in combination with sexual behavior in some homosexuality.
Homophobia
The condition in which those whose love and lust are attached to others of the same sex are dreaded or feared pathological fear of homosexualism. It is not itself a paraphilia, but may be associated with one, as in homophobic lust murder [from Greek, homos, same + phobos, fear or fright].
Homophylophilia
Homosexuality; homophylophile: noun, a homosexual.
Homosexology
Sexological science as applied to homosexuality and its relationship to heterosexuality and bisexuality.
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