a condition characterized by a lack of sexual characteristics caused by a hormonal imbalance
eunuchoidism in American English
(ˈjuːnəkɔiˌdɪzəm)
noun
Pathology
an abnormal condition in males, characterized by lack of fully developed reproductive organs and the manifestation of certain female sex characteristics, as high voice or lack of facial and body hair, resulting from the absence of a normal production of male sex hormones
Word origin
[1920–25; eunuchoid + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: checkout, follow-up, fundamentalism, montage, slalom-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)