Hermaphroditism Synonyms

hər-măfrə-dī-tĭzəm
Congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hermaphrodism
Showing characteristics of both sexes
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. androgyny
  2. bisexuality

Hermaphroditism Sentence Examples

  • These "psychically decadent" individuals appear to represent the entire male sex of a bisexual species, and become unnecessary owing to the grafting of hermaphroditism on the female sex.

  • In spite of the opinion of some distinguished zoologists to the contrary, it seems most probable that the separation of the sexes is in this case a secondary condition, derived from hermaphroditism through the intermediate stage represented by the species having complemental males.

  • Hermaphroditism is secondary, and occurs in one sub-class of Gastropoda, in some Lamellibranchs, and in one sub-order of Amphineura.

  • Apart from certain doubtful and possibly abnormal instances among Phyllopoda and Amphipoda, the only exceptions are the sessile Cirripedia and some parasitic Isopoda (Cymothoidae), where hermaphroditism is the rule.