Interdisciplinary care in disorders/differences of sex development (DSD): The psychosocial component of the DSD—Translational research network / What is gonadal agenesis?

“Genesis” means the origin and growth of something. Adding the prefix “a” to a word generally means you’re adding a “not.” So “agenesis” means “not developed.” Gonadal agenesis refers to the situation when a person did not develop gonads (testes, ovaries, or the rarer ovotestes) during fetal development. The person born with gonadal agenesis is born without gonads.

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