Definition of "hermaphrodism" []

Variant of hermaphroditism. (noun)

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Use "hermaphrodism" in a sentence

"Last week, Mexico's Secretariat of Health issued a warning that use of the contraceptive pill during pregnancy could raise the risk of "genital ambiguity," also known as hermaphrodism, in newborns."
"In the main, yes ... but even in nature there's quite a bit of fuzziness, such as pseudohermaphrodism .... (nature provides plenty of examples of true hermaphrodism too; marine life seems to actually almost prefer such an approach, even across phyla)."
"Is hermaphrodism officially the last gender-sexuality combination still reliably considered freaky, in a titillating way, around the world?"

Words like "hermaphrodism"

androgyny birth defect congenital abnormality

congenital anomaly congenital defect congenital disorder

hermaphrodite hermaphroditic hermaphroditism

intersexuality