pseudohermaphrodite
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- noun
- /ˌsuːdoʊhɜːrˈmæfɹədaɪt/
- Slur
- In the study, scientists focused on cases of individuals classified as pseudohermaphrodites for further research.
Examples
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The doctor explained that a pseudohermaphrodite has external genitalia of one sex but internal organs of the opposite sex.
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As early as 1945, Ellis looked at the literature and found 84 people who were either true hermaphrodites or pseudohermaphrodites.
Academic text (1997) -
During the lecture, the professor discussed the characteristics of a pseudohermaphrodite and how it differs from a true hermaphrodite.
Synonyms
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A person born with body parts for sex that are not clearly male or female
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
pseudohermaphrodite = hermaphrodite (semi-transparent) = pseudo + hermaphrodite
The prefix pseudo- clearly signals 'false' or 'not true', but the medical distinction is specialized and not fully predictable for an average learner.
Etymology
Pseudohermaphrodite is made of pseudo- 'false', like in pseudonym, and hermaphrodite 'both male and female'. So it named a person who has the outside parts of one sex but the internal parts of the other, and the term is now old and often avoided in medicine.