单词 | pseudohermaphroditism |
释义 | pseudohermaphroditismn. Medicine. A condition in which an individual has the sex chromosomes and gonads of one sex but external genitals that are ambiguous or of the other sex. ΘΚΠ 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 1881 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. 14 105 The case is..an interesting and rare one, whether it be a case of double congenital ovarian hernia..or whether it proves to be that equally rare malformation, masculine pseudo~hermaphroditism with feminine external genitals. 1924 R. Muir Text-bk. Pathol. xix. 705 General hypoplasia of the uterus is observed in ovarian defect and may be attended by other abnormalities, e.g. pseudo-hermaphroditism. 1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxiii. 70/2 In males the resulting lack of testicular androgen during intrauterine development leads to..pseudohermaphroditism, the baby being born with apparently female genitalia despite a normal male chromosome complement. 1992 Daily Tel. 31 Mar. 15 More common are disorders known as pseudohermaphroditism. These include people who are chromosomally female, with all the correct internal organs, but who have male genitalia. The reverse situation also occurs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1881 |
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