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pseudohermaphroditism

n. a congenital abnormality in which one or more contradictions exist in the morphological criteria of sex characteristics. In female pseudohermaphroditism, the individual is a genetic and gonadal female with partial masculinization, such as an enlarged clitoris resembling a penis and labia majora resembling a scrotum. In male pseudohermaphroditism, the individual is a genetic and gonadal male with incomplete masculinization, including a small penis, perineal hypospadias, and a scrotum that lacks testes. —pseudohermaphrodite n.

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