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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 sexplay

  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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