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Hermaphrodism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Variant of hermaphroditism.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A congenital condition in which an organism possesses the reproductive organs of both sexes.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. See hermaphroditism.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A shortened form of hermaphroditism.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics

Word Usage

"Last week, Mexico's Secretariat of Health issued a warning that use of the contraceptive pill during pregnancy could raise the risk of "genital ambiguity," also known as hermaphrodism, in newborns."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

congenital anomaly birth defect congenital disorder congenital abnormality congenital defect

Variant

hermaphroditism