hermaphroditism

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, dated, historical, offensive, uncountable) The condition of intersex people with intermediate sex characteristics or pseudohermaphroditism.

Etymology

From hermaphrodite + -ism.

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