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Greek deity, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, by what was called 917; 961; 956; 945; 966; 961; 959; 948; 953; 964; 959; 962; ( Hermafroditos ). When young, he was embraced by the nymph Salmacis with force while it asked the gods who could never separate, the wish was granted and both became one, with both genders. For this reason was used his image and name to call animals that have the two sexes in the same individual, and people with a genetic alteration that have male and female reproductive organs. See: hermaphrodite. See: Hermaphroditism.