| 单词 |
pseudohermaphroditism |
| 释义 |
ˌpseudoherˈmaphroditism Med.
Also with hyphen.
[f. pseudo- + hermaphroditism.]
The condition of having the gonads and chromosomes of one sex and some anatomical and secondary characteristics of the other sex.
Contrasted with true hermaphroditism, in which there are gonads or gonadal tissue of both sexes.
1881Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. XIV. 105 The case is..an interesting and rare one, whether it be a case of double congenital ovarian hernia..or whether it proves to be that equally rare malformation, masculine pseudo⁓hermaphroditism with feminine external genitals. 1924R. Muir Text-bk. Path. xix. 705 General hypoplasia of the uterus is observed in ovarian defect and may be attended by other abnormalities, e.g. pseudo-hermaphroditism. 1950H. B. Friedgood in R. H. Williams Textbk. Endocrinol. x. 633 Another example of the importance of considering functional as well as structural changes in making a diagnosis is seen in the differentiation of intersexuality of genetic origin from female pseudo⁓hermaphroditism due to congenital adrenal hyperplasia. 1974Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxiii. 70/2 In males the resulting lack of testicular androgen during intrauterine development leads to..pseudohermaphroditism, the baby being born with apparently female genitalia despite a normal male chromosome complement.
So ˌpseudoherˈmaphrodite, a person with this condition.
1895Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. XXXII. 528 The sexual instincts of this anomalous male being were directed toward men, not women—a fact which leads the author to remark that hermaphrodites and pseudo-hermaphrodites are degenerates. 1928L. Loeb in E. V. Cowdry Special Cytol. II. xxxiv. 1184 In male pseudo-hermaphrodites..a development of the mammary gland may occur in certain cases. 1975Fraser & Nora Genetics of Man iv. 53/1 A 46,XY male with a chromatin-negative buccal smear who is female in external appearance is a male pseudohermaphrodite. |
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