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PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pseudohermaphroditic mean?
• PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITIC (adjective)
The adjective PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITIC has 1 sense:
1. having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex
Familiarity information: PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITIC (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex
Synonyms:
pseudohermaphrodite; pseudohermaphroditic
Similar:
androgynous (having both male and female characteristics)
Derivation:
pseudohermaphrodite (someone having external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex; not a true hermaphrodite because there is no ambiguity in the sex of the external genitalia and hence no question about gender at birth)
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