pseudohermaphrodite

[ soo-doh-hur-maf-ruh-dahyt ]

noun

1. Older Use: Offensive. a person who has the reproductive organs associated with one sex, and other sexual characteristics associated with a different sex. Compare hermaphrodite ( def 2 ).

pseudohermaphrodite

/ ˌsjuːdəʊhɜːˈmæfrəˌdaɪt /

noun

1. an organism with the congenital condition of having the organs of reproduction of one sex and the external genitalia, usually malformed, of the opposite sex Compare hermaphroditism

Derived Forms

• ˌpseudoherˈmaphroditˌism, noun

Other Words From

• pseu·do·her·maph·ro·dit·ic [soo-doh-her-maf-r, uh, -, dit, -ik], adjective
• pseu·do·her·maph·ro·dit·ism [soo-doh-hur-, maf, -r, uh, -dahy-tiz-, uh, m], pseu·do·her·maph·ro·dism [soo-doh-hur-, maf, -r, uh, -diz-, uh, m], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pseudohermaphrodite¹

First recorded in 1890–95; pseudo- + hermaphrodite