Pseudohermaphroditism

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. False hermaphroditism; an appearance of hermaphroditism resulting from a monstrous conformation of the external genitals in sexed individuals. The usual conditions are extensive hypospadia of the male organs, or hypertrophy of the clitoris of the female.
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  • noun. A condition in which an individual has the internal reproductive organs of one sex but the external genitalia of the other.
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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
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    "One major problem was unfairly excluding women who had a birth defect involving gonads and external genitalia i.e., male pseudohermaphroditism. ..."
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