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Androgenous vs Hermaphrodite - What's the difference?

androgenous | hermaphrodite |

As adjectives the difference between androgenous and hermaphrodite

is that androgenous is of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic while hermaphrodite is having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.

As a noun hermaphrodite is

an individual or organism possessing ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.

androgenous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic
  • * {{quote-journal, 1983, B.J. Duchac et al., Electron microscopical studies of gonads in primary and secondary males of protogynous hermaphroditic fish, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, doi=10.1007/BF01990112
    • , passage=The Leydig cells play a primary role in synthesis of androgenous hormones in gonochoristic fish. }}

    • hermaphrodite

    English

    (wikipedia hermaphrodite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An individual or organism possessing ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.
    • An earthworm is a hermaphrodite .
  • A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
  • (nautical) A hermaphrodite brig.

    • Usage notes

    * * is now the preferred term for human description. * Compare (m) and genderqueer.

    Synonyms

    * maphrodite, morphodite, mophrodite (slang) * androgyne * gynandromorph *

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from hermaphrodite) * false hermaphrodite * herm / * hermaphrodism * pseudohermaphrodite

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.
  • Combining two opposing qualities.

    • Synonyms

    * androgynous * hermaphroditic * intersex

    See also

    * berdache, two-spirit * genderqueer ----