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pseudohermaphroditism Audio
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Definitions related to pseudohermaphroditism:
  • A condition consisting of possessing the internal reproductive organs of one sex while exhibiting some of the secondary sex characteristics of the opposite sex.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • An historical term for a variety of abnormalities in sex development that lead to anomalies in the reproductive tract and/or external genitalia.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Condition in which the gonads are of one sex but one or more contradictions exist in the morphologic criteria of sex; female pseudohermaphroditism is a form in which the affected individual is a genetic and gonadal female with partial masculinization; male pseudohermaphroditism is a form in which the affected individual is a genetic and gonadal male with incomplete masculinization.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Gonads of one sex are present, while the external genital organs resemble in whole or in part those of the opposite sex. (Makris S, Solomon HM, Clark R, Shiota K, Barbellion S, Buschmann J, Ema M, Fujiwara M, Grote K, Hazelden KP, Hew KW, Horimoto M, Ooshima Y, Parkinson M, Wise LD. Terminology of developmental abnormalities in common laboratory mammals (Version 2). Part B. Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol. 2009 Aug;86(4):227-327.)
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Pseudohermaphroditism, a condition in which the individual has a single chromosomal and gonadal sex but combines features of both sexes in the external genitalia, causing doubt as to the true sex. Female pseudohermaphroditism refers to an individual with ovaries but with secondary sexual...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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