pseudohermaphrodite

[ soo-doh-hur-maf-ruh-dahyt ]

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. : Compare hermaphrodite (def. 2).

Origin of pseudohermaphrodite

1
First recorded in 1890–95; pseudo- + hermaphrodite

Other words from pseudohermaphrodite

  • pseu·do·her·maph·ro·dit·ic [soo-doh-her-maf-ruh-dit-ik], /ˌsu doʊ hərˌmæf rəˈdɪt ɪk/, adjective
  • pseu·do·her·maph·ro·dit·ism [soo-doh-hur-maf-ruh-dahy-tiz-uhm], /ˌsu doʊ hɜrˈmæf rə daɪˌtɪz əm/, pseu·do·her·maph·ro·dism [soo-doh-hur-maf-ruh-diz-uhm], /ˌsu doʊ hɜrˈmæf rəˌdɪz əm/, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for pseudohermaphrodite

pseudohermaphrodite

/ (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

Derived forms of pseudohermaphrodite

  • pseudohermaphroditism, noun

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