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noun
The condition of having internal reproductive organs / gonads that are typical of one sex, but external genitalia that is typical of the other, or that is ambiguous, which occurs for example in some people with androgen insensitivity syndrome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
congenital condition in which a person has external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality
History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English hermaphrodite Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English hermaphroditism English pseudohermaphroditism From pseudo- + hermaphroditism.
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