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pseudohermaphrodite

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pseudohermaphrodite /pseu·do·her·maph·ro·dite/ (-her-maf´ro-dīt) an individual with pseudohermaphroditism.
pseu·do·her·maph·ro·dite (sd-hr-mfr-dt)
n.
A person exhibiting pseudohermaphroditism.
pseudohermaphrodite
[-hərmaf′redīt]
Etymology: Gk, pseudes, false, Hermaphroditos, son of Hermes and Aphrodite
a person who has either male or female gonads but external genitalia of the opposite sex, or both.
pseudohermaphrodite [soo″do-her-maf´ro-dīt]
an individual exhibiting pseudohermaphroditism.
pseudohermaphrodite
an individual exhibiting pseudohermaphroditism.
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I also argue that the continued use of the concept of pseudohermaphrodite (individuals with gonads of one type combined with secondary sex characteristics of a different type) is anachronistic, suggesting--wrongly--that we can know a person's true gender if we know what cells are in his/her gonads.
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