Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that possesses the internal reproductive organs of one sex while exhibiting some of the external physical characteristics of the opposite sex.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Apparently hermaphrodite, though sexed; affected by pseudohermaphroditism.
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- noun An individual that has the external
genitalia of one sex, but the internalsex organs of the other.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex
- noun 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
Etymologies
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Examples
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There are an unusually high number of male pseudohermaphrodite births in Gaza neighborhood of Jabalya in part, doctors say, because it is customary in this socially conservative society for cousins to marry each other.
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In other words, before even seeing me, Luce was able to make an educated guess that I was a male pseudohermaphrodite — genetically male but appearing otherwise, with 5-alpha-reductase deficiency syndrome.
Middlesex Eugenides, Jeffery 2002
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We have heard of a recent trustworthy account of a pregnancy and delivery in a girl who had been impregnated by a bed-fellow who on examination proved to be a male pseudohermaphrodite.
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We have heard of a recent trustworthy account of a pregnancy and delivery in a girl who had been impregnated by a bed-fellow who on examination proved to be a male pseudohermaphrodite.
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There are an unusually high number of male pseudohermaphrodite births in the Gaza neighborhood of Jabalya, where Nadir and Ahmed live.
Bloodthirsty Liberal 2009
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There are an unusually high number of male pseudohermaphrodite births in the Gaza neighborhood of Jabalya, where Nadir and Ahmed live.
My Right Word 2009
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