hermaphroditism
Meaning
- (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).
- (countable, dated, historical, offensive, uncountable) The condition of intersex people with intermediate sex characteristics or pseudohermaphroditism.
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Etymology
From hermaphrodite + -ism.
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