Pseudohermaphrodite

Quick meaning: Pseudohermaphrodite is a noun meaning An individual that has the external genitalia of one sex, but the internal sex organs of the other.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (botany) A flower that has become functionally unisexual by the suppression of either stamens or pistils.
2. Having external genitalia of one sex, but the internal sex organs of the other.

Example Sentences

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

They form one group of the pseudohermaphrodite men mentioned above: their prostate glands remain in the pre-pubertal state, and never become cancerous.

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).

In the case described by Recasens himself of a pseudohermaphrodite woman there was a formation of testicular appearance on the labia majora; but its histological examination demonstrated that this was not a gonad, but a glandular mass of a nature which defied diagnosis.

Word Forms

• pseudohermaphrodites
• pseudo-hermaphrodite

Synonyms for pseudohermaphrodite

Depending on context, synonyms include pseudohermaphroditic, androgynoid, gynandroid, androgynous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include androgynous, pseudohermaphroditic, pseudohermaphroditism, hermaphrodite, hermaphrodism, hermaphroditism.

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