Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-36755597-20180829215104/@comment-1512913-20180908070734

Pseudo meaning false, not a real one. Just like how one could call Typhoon Water Cortex a pseudo kekkei genkai, even though it wasn't an Ice Release.

All 'pseudo kekkei tota' means is that it only appears like one on the surface, but the in-workings are different. But that indeed DOES suggest that had those 2 kekkei genkai techniques truly been merged, the result would have been a genuine Kekkeo Tota.