Hermaphroditism

Synonyms for "hermaphroditism" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(2 words)

hermaphrodism androgyny

androgyny

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)

bisexuality cosexual dichogamous

Related words (5)

hermaphrodism intersex intersexuality

Noun(2 words)

intersex intersexuality

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

birth defect congenital abnormality congenital anomaly congenital defect congenital disorder gender sex sexuality

Synonyms

4 entries

androgyny hermaphrodism intersex intersexuality

Related terms

6 entries

hermaphrodite hermaphroditic hermaphroditical hermaphroditically intersex pseudohermaphroditism

derived from

2 entries

hermaphrodite hermaphroditus

is a

1 entries

birth defect

related to

9 entries

hermaphrodite hermaphroditic hermaphroditical hermaphroditically intersex organs pseudohermaphroditism sex sexual

Translations

29 translations across 17 languages.

Catalan

1 entries

hermafroditisme noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

雌雄同體 /雌雄同体 noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)
雌雄間性 /雌雄间性 noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Danish

3 entries

hermafrodisme noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)
hermafroditisme noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)
tvekønnethed noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Dutch

1 entries

hermafroditisme noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Esperanto

2 entries

dusekseco noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)
hermafroditismo noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

French

1 entries

hermaphrodisme noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

German

4 entries

Hermaphrodismus noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)
Hermaphroditismus noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)
Zweigeschlechtlichkeit noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)
Zwittertum noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Japanese

1 entries

雌雄同体 noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Kazakh

1 entries

қосжыныстылық noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Korean

2 entries

암수한몸 noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)
자웅동체 noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

hermafrodittisme noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)
tvekjønnethet noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

hermafrodittisme noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)
tvikjønn noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Portuguese

1 entries

hermafroditismo noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Russian

1 entries

гермафродити́зм noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Spanish

1 entries

hermafroditismo noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Swedish

2 entries

hermafrodism noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)
hermafroditism noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Volapük

1 entries

härmafrodit noun (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Among other organisms, alternative methods of reproduction include budding, hermaphroditism (one individual carrying both kinds of sex organs) and isogamy (two individuals, not distinguished as male and female, combining their genes).

Source: wiktionary

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