Eunuchoidism

Japanese: eunuchoidism

In particular, he granted the right of succession to the throne to Alfonso, the king's half-brother, who was supported by the opposition, instead of his own daughter Juana, and then to his sister Isabella after the prince's death (1468). As a result, the country was divided into two factions, one supporting Juana and the other supporting Isabella, and the country fell into a state of civil war involving foreign countries, with Portugal and Aragon both allied with each other. In addition, there were rumors that the king's impotence was a pathological eunuchoidism, and that he was not father-son with Princess Juana, but there is no evidence to support this. [Kobayashi Kazuhiro].

From [Hypogonadism]

…Secondary hypogonadism is congenital, and there is isolated gonadotropin deficiency due to deficiency of both or one of the pituitary gonadotropins LH and FSH. In this case, the patient shows a characteristic tall and long-limbed body type called eunuchoidism. This is caused by delayed epiphyseal closure due to a lack of testosterone. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "eunuchoidism" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…なかでも自分の娘フアナに代わって反対派が推す王の異母弟アルフォンソを，そして同王子の死後はその姉イサベルに王位継承権を認めた(1468)ために，国内はエンリケ以後をめぐってフアナ派とイサベル派に二分，その背後にそれぞれポルトガルとアラゴンがくみするという外国がらみの内戦状態に陥った。なお，王の不能は病理学上の類宦官症状eunuchoidismであり，フアナ王女との父子関係を否定する風説も流れたが，その確証は何もない。【小林一宏】。…

【性腺機能低下症】より

…続発性性腺機能低下症としては，先天的なものでは脳下垂体性ゴナドトロピンのLH,FSHの両方または一方の欠損による単独ゴナドトロピン欠損症がある。この場合，類宦官（かんがん）症eunuchoidismと呼ばれる長身で四肢が長い特有の体型を示す。これはテストステロン不足による骨端線閉鎖遅延が原因である。…

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