güevedoce
See also: guevedoce
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom huevos a los doce (“balls at twelve”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡwebeˈdoθe/ [ɡwe.β̞eˈð̞o.θe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ɡwebeˈdose/ [ɡwe.β̞eˈð̞o.se]
- Rhymes: -oθe
- Rhymes: -ose
- Syllabification: güe‧ve‧do‧ce
Noun
editgüevedoce m (plural güevedoces)
- (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; such individuals are often raised as girls until puberty, at which point they develop typical male genitalia