pseudohermaphrodite

noun

Etymology

From pseudo- + hermaphrodite.

Definitions

  1. An individual that has the external genitalia of one sex, but the internal sex organs of…

    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…

    A flower that has become functionally unisexual by the suppression of either stamens or pistils.

  3. Having external genitalia of one sex, but the internal sex organs of the other.

    • 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).
    • However, prostate cancer does not appear to occur in a cohort of pseudohermaphrodite men in whom 5-alpha reductase is absent.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA