Meanings
nounhypergonadotropinemia (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineThe presence of an excessive amount of gonadotropin in the blood
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Hellenic*hupér
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
- Englishhyper-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti
- Proto-Hellenic*gígnomai
- Ancient Greekγίγνομαι (gígnomai)
- Ancient Greekγονή (gonḗ)
- New Latingonadēs
- Englishgonad
- Englishgonado-
- Proto-Indo-European*trep-
- Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
- Ancient Greekτρόπος (trópos)
- Latintropus
- Englishgonadotrope
- Englishgonado-
- Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
- Ancient Greekτροπή (tropḗ)
- Ancient Greekτροπῐκός (tropĭkós)
- Englishgonadotropin
- Ancient Greekαἷμᾰ (haîmă)
- Englishgonadotropinemia
- Englishhypergonadotropinemia
From hyper- + gonadotropinemia.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
hypergonadotropinemia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypergonadotropinemia
MLA
“hypergonadotropinemia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypergonadotropinemia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypergonadotropinemia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypergonadotropinemia.
Source: hypergonadotropinemia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.