hermaphroditism

Plural: hermaphroditisms

Noun

• congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics
• showing characteristics of both sexes
• The condition of an organism that is able to reproduce as both male and female, either simultaneously (simultaneous hermaphroditism or cosexuality) or sequentially (sequential hermaphroditism or dichogamy).
• The condition of intersex people with intermediate sex characteristics or pseudohermaphroditism.

Synonyms

androgyny, bisexuality, cosexual, dichogamous, hermaphrodism, intersex, intersexuality

Related Words

hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic, hermaphroditical, hermaphroditically, intersex, pseudohermaphroditism