hermaphroditismn.
Biology.
The condition of a hermaphrodite; coexistence or combination (real or apparent) of male and female organs in the same individual organism, or in the same flower.
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the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > state or condition of having characteristics of both sexes
hermaphroditism1808
androgynism1823
hermaphrodism1828
androgynity1842
bisexuality1842
androgyny1852
bisexualism1865
pseudohermaphroditism1881
asexuality1886
virilism1896
bi-gender1912
intersexuality1916
sex intergrade1916
relative sexuality1926
ambisexuality1938
monoecy1949
testicular feminization (or feminizing)1953
1808 R. Reece Pract. Dict. Domest. Med. at Vagina This appearance constitutes a species of hermaphroditism.
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 381 Among the oviparous fishes, hermaphroditism was long considered as a rare and accidental circumstance.
1876 C. Darwin Effects Cross & Self Fertilisation Veg. Kingdom x. 410 The relationship between hermaphroditism and fertilisation by means of insects is likewise to a certain extent intelligible.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) Introd. 25 The testis may ripen at a different time to the ovary, a phenomenon known as successive hermaphroditism.
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