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seminiferous tubule(medicine)
convoluted seminiferous tubule(medicine)
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dysgenesis(medicine)
seminiferous epithelium(medicine)

seminiferous tubule dysgenesis (medicine)


seminiferous tubule dysgenesis


A disorder in which the seminiferous tubules exhibit an abnormal cytoarchitecture and extensive hyalinization; the testes are small, and few spermatozoa are formed; the body habitus may be eunuchoid, and gynaecomastia may be present; urinary gonadotropin output is usually high, and the incidence of mental deficiency and illness increased; sex chromatin may be male or female, and androgen secretion ranges from subnormal to normal. It is a constant feature of (and is often used synonymously with) Klinefelter's syndrome.

Synonym: germinal aplasia.