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Definition of Hermaphroditism
1. Noun. Congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics.
Generic synonyms: Birth Defect, Congenital Abnormality, Congenital Anomaly, Congenital Defect, Congenital Disorder
2. Noun. Showing characteristics of both sexes.
Generic synonyms: Gender, Sex, Sexuality
Derivative terms: Androgenous, Androgynous, Androgynous, Bisexual
Definition of Hermaphroditism
1. n. 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
1. Noun. Having sexual organs of both sexes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hermaphroditism
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Medical Definition of Hermaphroditism
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hermaphroditism
Literary usage of Hermaphroditism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1915)
"Miss King ('io) in her paper on anomalies in the genital organs of toads,
says: "Evidently hermaphroditism occurs much less frequently among the Urodela ..."
2. Outlines of Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by John Sterling Kingsley (1917)
"hermaphroditism Individuals of either sex which have assumed some of the ...
This is not true hermaphroditism, which consists in having both ovarian and ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"THE subject of hermaphroditism is one of interest and importance viewed in
connection with canonical and civil law, as well as with physiology and surgery. ..."
4. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1891)
"hermaphroditism in the Crustacea. hermaphroditism is a rare phenomenon in the
Crustacea, and only found in attached and parasitic forms, ..."
5. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"This partial hermaphroditism is usually an exception, аи when a butterfly has
its wings coloured like those of the female on one side, like those of the ..."
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