| | Disease Ontology | MeSH |
| Disease ID: | DOID:11612 | D011085 |
| Disease Name: | polycystic ovary syndrome | Polycystic Ovary Syndrome |
| Category: | Disease Ontology | MeSH |
| Type: | | Neoplasms |
| Define: | An ovarian dysfunction that is characterized by hyperandrogenism, polycystic ovaries, hirsutism, oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea, anovulation and excessive body weight. | A complex disorder characterized by infertility, HIRSUTISM; OBESITY; and various menstrual disturbances such as OLIGOMENORRHEA; AMENORRHEA; ANOVULATION. Polycystic ovary syndrome is usually associated with bilateral enlarged ovaries studded with atretic follicles, not with cysts. The term, polycystic ovary, is misleading. |
| Alias: | Multicystic ovaries//PCOS//Polycystic Ovarian disease//Polycystic ovaries//Stein-Leventhal synd.//Stein-Leventhal syndrome//polycystic ovary | Polycystic Ovary Syndrome//Ovary Syndrome, Polycystic//Syndrome, Polycystic Ovary//Stein-Leventhal Syndrome//Stein Leventhal Syndrome//Syndrome, Stein-Leventhal//Sclerocystic Ovarian Degeneration//Ovarian Degeneration, Sclerocystic//Sclerocystic Ovary Syndrome//Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome//Ovarian Syndrome, Polycystic//Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 1//Sclerocystic Ovaries//Ovary, Sclerocystic//Sclerocystic Ovary |
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