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