Etymology

Kallmann syndrome

Today it means: A genetic condition characterised by a failure to start or complete puberty, and loss or alteration of the sense of smell. Full definition →

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The story

From German Kallmann + syndrome, described in a 1944 paper by Franz Josef Kallmann, a German-American geneticist.

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