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pseudohermaphrodite

pseudohermaphrodite noun: an individual that has the external genitalia of one sex, but the internal sex organs of the other.

Noun

pseudohermaphrodite (plural pseudohermaphrodites)

  1. An individual that has the external genitalia of one sex, but the internal sex organs of the other.
  2. A flower that has become functionally unisexual by the suppression of either stamens or pistils.

Adjective

pseudohermaphrodite (not comparable)

  1. Having external genitalia of one sex, but the internal sex organs of the other.
    • In the case described by Recasens himself of a pseudohermaphrodite woman there was a formation of testicular appearance on the labia majora; but its histological examination demonstrated that this was not a gonad, but a glandular mass of a nature which defied diagnosis.1932, Gregorio Marañón, translated by Warre Bradley Wells, The Evolution of Sex and Intersexual Conditions, page 106
    • The chief psychologic and psychiatric problems encountered in the adrenogenital syndrome are those associated with the sex orientation of untreated and undiagnosed pseudohermaphrodite women (33).1966, Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease, Endocrines and the Central Nervous System, page 431

Examples of pseudohermaphrodite in a sentence

  • However, prostate cancer does not appear to occur in a cohort of pseudohermaphrodite men in whom 5-alpha reductase is absent.1996, Roger S. Kirby, Timothy J. Christmas, Michael K. Brawer, Prostate Cancer, Mosby, →ISBN, page 27:
  • They form one group of the pseudohermaphrodite men mentioned above: their prostate glands remain in the pre-pubertal state, and never become cancerous.2010, Tom Smith, Coping Successfully with Prostate Cancer, 2nd edition, Sheldon Press, →ISBN:

Synonyms of pseudohermaphrodite

Forms of pseudohermaphrodite

pluralpseudohermaphrodites
alternative formpseudo-hermaphrodite

Origin of pseudohermaphrodite

From pseudo- + hermaphrodite.

Questions about pseudohermaphrodite

What does pseudohermaphrodite mean?
Pseudohermaphrodite means an individual that has the external genitalia of one sex, but the internal sex organs of the other.
How do you use pseudohermaphrodite in a sentence?
However, prostate cancer does not appear to occur in a cohort of pseudohermaphrodite men in whom 5-alpha reductase is absent.
What part of speech is pseudohermaphrodite?
Pseudohermaphrodite can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of pseudohermaphrodite?
The plural of pseudohermaphrodite is pseudohermaphrodites.

Words near pseudohermaphrodite in the dictionary

  1. pseudohemianopia
  2. pseudohemophilia
  3. pseudohemophilias
  4. pseudoheritabilities
  5. pseudoheritability
  6. pseudohermaphrodite
  7. pseudohermaphrodites
  8. pseudohermaphroditic
  9. pseudohermaphroditism
  10. pseudohermaphroditisms
  11. pseudohermitian

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