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Meanings of hermaphrodism in English

Portuguese
hermafroditismo

Congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics.

hermafroditismo
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Examples for "hermaphroditism"
Examples for "hermaphroditism"
1
Plate 4 is taken from a case of false external bilateral hermaphroditism.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
2
First, evolving from separate sexes to hermaphroditism-orvice versa-maynot be easy.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
3
This state of things Darwin regards as derived from an original hermaphroditism.
Darwin and Modern Science
4
These traits of physiognomy and physique indicate functional hermaphroditism in the underlying feminoid constitution.
The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
5
The legal aspect of hermaphroditism has always been much discussed.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Usage of hermaphrodism in English
1
We must carefully distinguish the rarer cases of real hermaphrodism from the preceding.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
2
In these cases the external male genitals resemble the female, and they are often wrongly regarded as cases of hermaphrodism.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
Frequent collocations
Translations for hermaphrodism
Portuguese
hermafroditismo
Hermaphrodism through the time