pseudohermaphroditism /-hərmaf″rəditiz′əm/ [Gk, pseudes + Hermaphroditos, son of Hermes and Aphrodite] , a condition in which a person exhibits the somatic characteristics of both sexes though possessing the physical characteristics of either males (testes) or females (ovaries). Also spelled pseudohermaphrodism. See also ambiguous genitalia, feminization, def. 2, hermaphroditism. −pseudohermaphroditic, adj.
