hermaphroditism /hərmaf″rədītiz′əm/ [Gk, Hermaphroditos, son of Hermes and Aphrodite] , a rare condition resulting from a chromosomal abnormality in which both testicular and ovarian tissue exist in the same person. The testicular tissue contains seminiferous tubules or spermatozoa, and the ovarian tissue contains follicles or corpora albicantia. Also called hermaphrodism. Compare pseudohermaphroditism. −hermaphroditic, adj.
