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

Example Sentences

In fact, she was most likely genetically male, meaning she was a male pseudohermaphrodite.

From The Guardian

Unlike other so-called male pseudohermaphrodites who have been written about in the press, I never felt out of place being a girl.

From Literature

We have heard of a recent trustworthy account of a pregnancy and delivery in a girl who had been impregnated by a bed-fellow who on examination proved to be a male pseudohermaphrodite.

From Project Gutenberg

In other words, before even seeing me, Luce was able to make an educated guess that I was a male pseudohermaphrodite—genetically male but appearing otherwise, with 5-alpha-reductase deficiency syndrome.

From Literature