güevedoce

See also: guevedoce

Spanish

Etymology

From huevos a los doce (“balls at twelve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡwebeˈdoθe/ [ɡwe.β̞eˈð̞o.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ɡwebeˈdose/ [ɡwe.β̞eˈð̞o.se]
• Rhymes: -oθe
• Rhymes: -ose
• Syllabification: güe‧ve‧do‧ce

Noun

güevedoce m (plural güevedoces)

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; such individuals are often raised as girls until puberty, at which point they develop typical male genitalia