Hermaphroditism
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, in biology, is the union of the two sexes in the same individual,or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.1 A
hermaphrodite individual is sexually unfinished or partly male and partly female. Due to the similarities between male and female sex organs, it ma ....
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.... derived from the legend of Hermaphroditus. He was the son of Hermes and Aphrodite. When he was fifteen years old, the nymph of the fountain Salmacis fell in love with him, but he rejected her. One day, Salmacis pulled Hermaphroditus into the fountain and she wrapped herself around him and prayed that they would never be separated. The gods granted her prayer that they never be separated.
Their two bodies were joined together, and they no longer were boy or girl but share of both sexes.4
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