androgen insensitivity syndrome
noun
: a genetic disorder that causes complete or partial insensitivity to androgens in the body
Note: A person affected with androgen insensitivity syndrome has the physical appearance of a female and the X and Y chromosomes of a male with external genitalia that are female or ambiguous, no uterus, and usually normal but undescended testes. Androgen insensitivity syndrome is inherited as an X-linked recessive trait requiring that only one parent pass on a copy of the defective gene on an X chromosome to male offspring.
called also testicular feminization, testicular feminization syndrome
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