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Definition of 'Hermaphroditism'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hermaphroditism, hermaphrodism
congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics

2. (noun) androgyny, hermaphroditism, bisexuality
showing characteristics of both sexes

Definition of 'Hermaphroditism'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Hermaphroditism
the union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual

Definition of 'Hermaphroditism'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Hermaphroditism
A state of intersex or sexual ambiguity, involving the GENOTYPE, the GONADS, the reproductive tract, and/or the external GENITALIA or PHENOTYPE. This concept covers TRUE HERMAPHRODITISM and PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM. True hermaphrodites are rare and they possess gonadal tissues of both sexes, tissues from the OVARY and the TESTIS. Pseudohermaphrodites possess gonadal tissue of one sex but exhibit external phenotype of the opposite sex.

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