English Explanatory Dictionary

hermaphroditism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The condition of an organism that is able to reproduce as both male and female, either simultaneously (simultaneous hermaphroditism or cosexuality) or sequentially (sequential hermaphroditism or dichogamy).
  2. The condition of intersex people with intermediate sex characteristics or pseudohermaphroditism.

Word forms

hermaphroditism hermaphroditisms

Etymology

From hermaphrodite + -ism.

Synonyms

hermaphrodism dichogamous cosexual intersex intersexuality

Related words

hermaphrodite hermaphroditic hermaphroditical hermaphroditically pseudohermaphroditism intersex
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