pseudohermaphrodite

American  

[soo-doh-hur-maf-ruh-dahyt] / ˌsu doʊ hɜrˈmæf rəˌdaɪt /

noun

1. Older Use: Offensive. a person who has the reproductive organs associated with one sex, and other sexual characteristics associated with a different sex.

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pseudohermaphrodite British  

/ ˌsjuːdəʊhɜːˈmæfrəˌdaɪt /

noun

1. an 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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Other Word Forms

• pseudohermaphrodism noun
• pseudohermaphroditic adjective
• pseudohermaphroditism noun

Etymology

Origin of pseudohermaphrodite

First recorded in 1890–95; pseudo- + hermaphrodite

Example Sentences

In fact, she was most likely genetically male, meaning she was a male pseudohermaphrodite.

From The Guardian

Unlike other so-called male pseudohermaphrodites who have been written about in the press, I never felt out of place being a girl.

From Literature

We have heard of a recent trustworthy account of a pregnancy and delivery in a girl who had been impregnated by a bed-fellow who on examination proved to be a male pseudohermaphrodite.

From Project Gutenberg