hermaphroditism

English

Etymology

hermaphrodite +‎ -ism

Noun

hermaphroditism (countable and uncountable, plural hermaphroditisms)

The state of having sexual organs of both the male and female sexes.

Usage notes

Intersex is now the preferred term for the human description.

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Related terms

Translations

state of having both male and female sexual organs

Catalan: hermafroditisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雌雄間性, 雌雄间性 (cíxióngjiānxìng), 雌雄同體 (zh)
Danish: hermafroditisme c, hermafrodisme c, tvekønnethed c
Esperanto: dusekseco, hermafroditismo
French: hermaphrodisme (fr) m
German: Hermaphroditismus (de) m, Hermaphrodismus m, Zweigeschlechtlichkeit (de) f, Zwittrigkeit (de) f, Zwittertum (de) n
Japanese: 雌雄同体 (しゆうどうたい, shiyūdōtai)
Korean: 암수한몸 (ko) (amsuhanmom), 자웅동체 (ko) (jaungdongche)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: hermafrodittisme m, tvekjønnethet m or f

Nynorsk: hermafrodittisme m, tvikjønn n
Portuguese: hermafroditismo m
Russian: гермафродити́зм (ru) m (germafroditízm)
Spanish: hermafroditismo (es) m
Swedish: hermafroditism c, hermafrodism c
Volapük: härmafrodit

See also

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