Simmonds disease
Simmonds disease (sim-ŏnz) n. loss of sexual function, loss of weight, and other features of hypopituitarism caused by trauma or tumours or occurring in women after childbirth complicated by bleeding (postpartum haemorrhage). [ M. Simmonds (1855–1925), German physician]
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