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Anemia caused by antibodies produced by the patient’s own immune system that destroy red blood cells. They are classified by the thermal properties of the antibody involved; the “warm” form is most common and may be associated with viral infections. Drug-induced hemolytic anemias are clinically indistinguishable from AIHA; for that reason, they are classified with…

The inability to release semen. Spinal cord injury is a frequent cause.  

A steroid hydrocarbon, C19H32, that is the precursor of androgenic hormones.  

The psychological and physiological changes caused in aging men by the gradual decrease in male hormones. Andropause is thought by some researchers to be a male equivalent of menopause. Its signs and symptoms include bone loss, loss of lean body mass, depression, fatigue, and diminished sexual interest and decreased sexual potency. It is treated with…

Resembling a male in physical structure and appearance.  

A female pseudohermaphrodite.  

A person possessing female gonads (ovaries) but secondary sex characteristics of a male (a female pseudohermaphrodite). Term is less commonly used for a person possessing male gonads (testes) but secondary sex characteristics of a female (a male pseudohermaphrodite).  

Caused by, or pertaining to, male hormones.  

Oozing of milk from a man’s breast.  

The colloquial name for “androstenedione.”