güevedoce
See also: guevedoce
Spanish
Etymology
From huevos a los doce (“balls at twelve”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwebeˈdoθe/ [ɡwe.β̞eˈð̞o.θe] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ɡwebeˈdose/ [ɡwe.β̞eˈð̞o.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oθe (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ose (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: güe‧ve‧do‧ce
Noun
güevedoce 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