The state of being a eunuch, a male without TESTES or whose testes failed to develop. It is characterized by the lack of mature male GERM CELLS and TESTICULAR HORMONES.
    

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Hormone 'Linguets' : the direct route from mouth to target organs.

A non-medicated 'Linguet' is attached for examination.

Protox : hormona sexual masculina reforzada / Laboratorios Abeefe S.A.

B.D.H. Androgens : methyl-testosterone B.D.H. Testosterone propionate B.D.H.

De castratis commentationes quatuor / [Johann Philipp Lorenz Withof].

Der entmannte Eros : eine Kulturgeschichte / Piotr O. Scholz.

Infantilism

Living in the shadows : eunuchs and gender in Byzantium / Kathryn M. Ringrose.

Hijras : an alternative sex and gender role in India / Serena Nanda.

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De castratis commentationes quatuor / [Johann Philipp Lorenz Withof].

Der entmannte Eros : eine Kulturgeschichte / Piotr O. Scholz.

Infantilism

Living in the shadows : eunuchs and gender in Byzantium / Kathryn M. Ringrose.

Hijras : an alternative sex and gender role in India / Serena Nanda.