andropausen.
A collection of symptoms, including fatigue and a decrease in libido, affecting some men in middle or old age and attributed to a gradual decline in androgen levels; the stage of a man's life when this occurs. Cf. male menopause n. at male adj. and n.1 Special uses 3.
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male menopause1949
andropause1967
1967 Cumulated Index Medicus 1966 7 i. 114/2 Is there an andropause?
1972 Giornale di Gerontol. 20 62 The disturbances of sexual dynamics are the predominant manifestations in the symptomatic diagram of andropause.
1989 Maturitis 11 103 This paper examines the physiologic and epidemiologic evidence for a widely discussed syndrome termed either ‘mid-life crisis’, ‘male menopause’, ‘male climacteric’, or increasingly, ‘andropause’.
1997 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 6 Jan. 10 The andropause can hit a man at any age between 30 and 80, a result of a drop in the levels of testosterone... Unlike women..not all men will go through the andropause, maintaining healthy hormone levels, young looks and virility until they die.
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androˈpausal adj.
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1988 L. Gooren in L. Zichella et al. Climacteric & Beyond vii. 90 The incidence of a detectable andropausal syndrome is rather low.
1996 Guardian (Nexis) 3 Sept. t15, Dr Alan Riley..sees plenty of men complaining of ‘andropausal’ symptoms—loss of libido, lethargy and fatigue.
2005 Heart Dis. Weekly (Nexis) 26 June 26 The maximum thickness from the lumen intima interface of the carotid artery to the next layer, the media adventitia interface, was higher in the andropausal men.
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