Look up: Hirsutism

1. Hirsutism
   excessive hair or hair growth in unusual places, especially in women
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2. Hirsutism
   condition of excess bodily hair
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3. Hirsutism
   Hirsutism: Having an overabundance of hair. A person with hirsutism is said to be hirsute (pronounced hir-suit). Hirsutism is the Roman way of saying hairy. It comes from the Latin 'hirsutus' meaning bristly or rude.
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4. hirsutism
   <clinical sign, dermatology> Abnormal hairiness, especially an adult male pattern of hair distribution in women. ... Compare: hypertrichosis. ... Origin: Mod. L. Fr. L. Hirsutus, shaggy ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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5. hirsutism
   (hur´soot-iz-әm) abnormal hairiness, especially in women.
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6. hirsutism
   abnormal hairiness, especially an adult male pattern of hair distribution in women. Cf. hypertrichosis.
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7. hirsutism
   hirsutism, hirsuties 1. An abnormal hairiness; especially, an adult male pattern of hair distribution in women. 2. Heavy growth of hair, often in an abnormal distribution or place. This condition is defined as excessive and increased hair growth on women in locations where the occurrence of termin...
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8. HIRSUTISM
   an excessive increase in hair growth - especially male-pattern hair growth in a female. Hirsutism is a common side effect of corticosteroids and can also occur with cyclosporine therapy, but is easily treated with depilatory creams or other methods of hair removal
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9. Hirsutism
   Excesive growth of androgen-dependant hair especially on the face and chest of women. The condition may be due to hormonal imbalance that originates from the ovaries or adrenal glands. Quite frequently, mild hirsutism develops during pregnancy because of hormonal shifts. Synonym(s): Pilosis
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10. hirsutism
    Type: Term Pronunciation: hĭr′sū-tizm Definitions: 1. Presence of excessive bodily and facial hair, usually in a male pattern, especially in women; may be present in normal adults as an expression of an ethnic characteristic or may develop in children or adults as the result of andro...
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11. hirsutism
    excessive hairiness.
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12. Hirsutism
    Abnormal or excessive hair growth in the body and face.
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13. Hirsutism
    Hirsutism is an increase of terminal (adult) hairs in androgen dependent areas such as the groin, axilla, nipple, and face. There is wide variation in normal hair growth. Hirsutism can also be secondary to steroid excess caused by polycystic ovaries, Stein-Leventhal syndrome, ovarian tumors, congeni...
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14. Hirsutism
    The excessive growth of facial and/or body hair in women. It is usually characterized by the growth of coarse terminal hairs on androgen-dependent areas of the body such as the chin, chest, abdomen, and anterior thighs. Principal causes include abnormal regulation of androgen production by the pitui...
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15. Hirsutism
    Excessive growth of hair of normal or abnormal distribution
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16. Hirsutism
    | ICD9 = | ICDO = | OMIM = | MedlinePlus = 003148 | eMedicineSubj = med | eMedicineTopic = 1017 | eMedicine_mult = | MeshID = D006628 --> `Hirsutism` or `frazonism` is the excessive hairiness--> on women--> Diagnosis of patients with even mild hirsutism should include assessment of ovulation and ova...
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