hermaphrodism, hermaphroditism

(her-maf’- rod-izm, her-maf’rod-it-izm) (Gr. Ἑρμῆς Mercury podirn Venus]. Double or doubtful sex. compte ex h., the existence in the same individual of the internal and external organs of both sexes. dimidiate h., that in which the organs of one side are male and of the other female. Called also lateral h. Ὦ. with exce , when the subject has the perfect organs of either sex with some that pertain to the other sex. female h., when the sexual organs are predominantly female, but have some of the characters of the male sex. lateral h. See dimidiate h. male h., when the person is of the male sex, with organs which have more or le of the female characters. neuter h., neutral h., when the individual has neither male nor female organs. spurious h., doubtful but not double sex. rse h., when the outward organs appear to be of one sex and the internal ones are of the other. true h., the presence in the same individual of both the male and female organs; double sex. unilateral h., when one side has an ovary or a testis and the other has both an ovary and a testis.