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pseudohermaphrodite
[ soo-doh-hur-maf-ruh-dahyt ]
noun
- Older Use: Offensive. a person who has the reproductive organs associated with one sex, and other sexual characteristics associated with a different sex. Compare hermaphrodite ( def 2 ).
pseudohermaphrodite
/ ˌsjuːdəʊhɜːˈmæfrəˌdaɪt /
noun
- See hermaphroditisman organism with the congenital condition of having the organs of reproduction of one sex and the external genitalia, usually malformed, of the opposite sex Compare hermaphroditism
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Derived Forms
- ˌpseudoherˈmaphroditˌism, noun
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Other Words From
- pseu·do·her·maph·ro·dit·ic [soo-doh-her-maf-r, uh, -, dit, -ik], adjective
- pseu·do·her·maph·ro·dit·ism [soo-doh-hur-, maf, -r, uh, -dahy-tiz-, uh, m], pseu·do·her·maph·ro·dism [soo-doh-hur-, maf, -r, uh, -diz-, uh, m], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pseudohermaphrodite1
First recorded in 1890–95; pseudo- + hermaphrodite
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