# Kallmann syndrome

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A genetic condition characterised by a failure to start or complete puberty, and loss or alteration of the sense of smell.

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

## Source
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