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Medicine

hermaphrodite

organism with both sexes

Today this word meansAn individual bearing both male and female reproductive organs — used mainly as a biological term.

From the tale of the son of Hermes and Aphrodite merging into one body with the nymph Salmacis.

The name itself was made by joining the two gods' names, so the meaning sits right inside the word.

Worth noting

An old medical term once used of people, now considered inappropriate. For humans, the term is differences of sex development (DSD).

Where it comes from