Definitions for hermaphroditism
hermaphroditism

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1. hermaphroditism, hermaphrodismnoun

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

2. androgyny, hermaphroditism, bisexualitynoun

   showing characteristics of both sexes

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1. hermaphroditismnoun

   Having sexual organs of both sexes.

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1. hermaphroditism

   In reproductive biology, a hermaphrodite () is an organism that has both kinds of reproductive organs and can produce both gametes associated with male and female sexes.Many taxonomic groups of animals (mostly invertebrates) do not have separate sexes. In these groups, hermaphroditism is a normal condition, enabling a form of sexual reproduction in which either partner can act as the female or male. For example, the great majority of tunicates, pulmonate molluscs, opisthobranch, earthworms, and slugs are hermaphrodites. Hermaphroditism is also found in some fish species and to a lesser degree in other vertebrates. Most plants are also hermaphrodites. Animal species having different sexes, male and female, are called gonochoric, which is the opposite of hermaphrodite.There are also species where hermaphrodites exist alongside males (called androdioecy) or alongside females (called gynodioecy), or all three exist in the same species (called trioecy); these three systems are sometimes called mixed breeding systems. In plants there are cases where male flowers and hermaphrodite flowers occur on the same plant (andromonoecy) or female flowers and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant (gynomonoecy).The term hermaphrodite is commonly used for abnormal cases of dioecious animal species but according to geneticist Michael Majerus this definition should be distinguished from the scientific definition.In recent years the term hermaphrodite applied to humans has fallen out of favor since there have been no identified cases of a human reproducing as both male and female, with some biologists saying hermaphroditism does not occur in humans. Intersex activists have preferred the word intersex, since the word hermaphrodite is considered to be stigmatizing, as well as "scientifically specious and clinically problematic."There are no hermaphroditic species among mammals or birds. According to David B. Rivers there is controversy around hermaphroditism in insects with some experts believing it does not occur. Hermaphroditism is said to occur in one or two insect species.A rough estimate of the number of hermaphroditic animal species is 65,000. The percentage of animal species that are hermaphroditic is about 5% in all animal species, or 33% excluding insects. (Although the current estimated total number of animal species is about 7.7 million, the study, which estimated the number, 65,000, used an estimated total number of animal species, 1,211,577 from "Classification phylogénétique du vivant (Vol. 2)" - Lecointre and Le Guyader (2001)). Most hermaphroditic species exhibit some degree of self-fertilization. The distribution of self-fertilization rates among animals is similar to that of plants, suggesting that similar pressures are operating to direct the evolution of selfing in animals and plants.

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1. hermaphroditism

   Hermaphroditism is a biological condition where an organism has both male and female reproductive organs. In many species, hermaphroditism is a normal part of the life cycle, allowing for self-fertilization or reproduction with any member of the population. This phenomenon is common in species such as snails, slugs, and many types of fish and plants. It is rare in mammals and is typically the result of a genetic condition.

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1. Hermaphroditismnoun

   the union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual

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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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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hermaphroditism in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hermaphroditism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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3. ^ Wikipedia
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
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