Medical Dictionary

pseudohermaphroditism

noun pseu·do·her·maph·ro·dit·ism \-rə-ˌdīt-ˌiz-əm\

Medical Definition of PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM

:  the condition (as that occurring in androgen insensitivity syndrome) of having the gonads and karyotype of one sex and external genitalia that is of the other sex or is ambiguous—compare hermaphroditism, intersexuality; called also pseudohermaphrodism

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