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hermaphroditizing

hermaphroditizing is the present participle and gerund of hermaphroditize.

Meaning of hermaphroditize

Verb

hermaphroditize (third-person singular simple present hermaphroditizes, present participle hermaphroditizing, simple past and past participle hermaphroditized)

  1. (transitive) To make hermaphrodite.
    • Some of them are known to masculinize or hermaphroditize the external genitalia of the female.1972, John Money, Anke A. Ehrhardt, Man & Woman, Boy & Girl: The Differentiation and Dimorphism of Gender Identity from Conception to Maturity, page 58

Questions about hermaphroditizing

What is hermaphroditizing the present participle and gerund of?
Hermaphroditizing is the present participle and gerund of hermaphroditize.

Words near hermaphroditizing in the dictionary

  1. hermaphroditism
  2. hermaphroditisms
  3. hermaphroditize
  4. hermaphroditized
  5. hermaphroditizes
  6. hermaphroditizing
  7. Hermaphroditus
  8. hermaphrodyte
  9. hermaphrodytes
  10. Hermathena
  11. hermatypic

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