Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hermaphroditism

2 senses of hermaphroditism

Sense 1
hermaphroditism, hermaphrodism -- (congenital condition in which external genitalia and internal sex organs have both male and female characteristics)
       => birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality -- (a defect that is present at birth)

Sense 2
androgyny, hermaphroditism, bisexuality -- (showing characteristics of both sexes)
       => sex, gender, sexuality -- (the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus")