hermaphrodite 音标拼音: [hɚm'æfrəd
, ɑɪt]
n . 具有两性者,阴阳人,两性体
a . 雌雄同体的
具有两性者,阴阳人,两性体雌雄同体的
hermaphrodite adj 1 :
of animal or plant ;
having both male female reproductive organs [
synonym : {
hermaphroditic }, {
hermaphrodite }]
n 1 :
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs ;
at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made [
synonym : {
hermaphrodite }, {
intersex },
{
gynandromorph }, {
androgyne }, {
epicene }, {
epicene person }]
Hermaphrodite \
Her *
maph "
ro *
dite \,
a .
Including ,
or being of ,
both sexes ;
as ,
an hermaphrodite animal or flower .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Hermaphrodite brig }. (
Naut .)
See under {
Brig }. --
Totten .
Hermaphroditic
Hermaphrodite \
Her *
maph "
ro *
dite \,
n . [
L .
hermaphroditus ,
Gr . ?,
so called from the mythical story that Hermaphroditus ,
son of Hermes and Aphrodite ,
when bathing ,
became joined in one body with Salmacis ,
the nymph of a fountain in Caria :
cf .
F .
hermaphrodite .] (
Biol .)
An individual which has the attributes of both male and female ,
or which unites in itself the two sexes ;
an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes ,
as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx ,
or on the same receptacle .
In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals .
In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates .
See Illust .
in Appendix ,
under Helminths .
[
1913 Webster ]
HERMAPHRODITES .
Persons who have in the sexual organs the appearance of both sexes .
They are adjudged to belong to that which prevails in them .
Co .
Litt .
2 ,
7 ;
Domat ,
Lois Civ .
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t .
2 ,
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9 .
2 .
The sexual characteristics in the human species are widely separated ,
and the two sexes are never ,
perhaps ,
united in the same individual .
2 Dunglison '
s Hum .
Physiol .
304 ;
1 Beck '
s Med .
Jur .
94 to 110 .
3 .
Dr .
William Harris ,
in a lecture delivered to the Philadelphia Medical Institute ,
gives an interesting account of a supposed hermaphrodite who came under his own observation in Chester county ,
Pennsylvania .
The individual was called Elizabeth ,
and till the age of eighteen ,
wore the female dress ,
when she threw it off ,
and assumed the name of Rees ,
with the dress and habits of a man ;
at twenty -
five ,
she married a woman ,
but had no children .
Her clitoris was five or six inches long ,
and in coition ,
which she greatly enjoyed ,
she used this instead of the male organ .
She lived till she was sixty years of age ,
and died in possession of a large estate ,
which she had acquired by her industry and enterprise .
Medical Examiner ,
vol .
ii .
p ,
314 .
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art .
Hypospadias ,
et art .
Impuissance ;
Guy ,
Med .
Jur .
42 ,
47 .
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