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HERMAPHRODISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hermaphrodism mean? 

HERMAPHRODISM (noun)
  The noun HERMAPHRODISM has 1 sense:

1. congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristicsplay

  Familiarity information: HERMAPHRODISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HERMAPHRODISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hermaphrodism; hermaphroditism

Hypernyms ("hermaphrodism" is a kind of...):

birth defect; congenital abnormality; congenital anomaly; congenital defect; congenital disorder (a defect that is present at birth)


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