guevedoce

See also: güevedoce

English

Etymology

From Spanish güevedoce, from Dominican Spanish güevos a los doce (“testicles at twelve”).

Noun

guevedoce (plural guevedoces)

1. (medicine, endocrinology) In the Dominican Republic, an individual born with male gonads, but who appears to have female external genitalia, as a result of a 5-alpha-reductase deficiency. They are often raised as girls until puberty, at which point they develop normal male genitalia.

Alternative forms

• guevedoche