What does intersex mean in English? Meaning of intersex definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "intersex" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "intersex": one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
Noun
Meaning: one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
Synonyms: androgyne
epicene
epicene person
gynandromorph
hermaphrodite
intersex
Hypernyms: bisexual
bisexual person
Pronunciation in UK: /ˈɪntəsɛks/
Adjective: Any of a variety of conditions (in a dioecious species) whereby an individual has male and female sex characteristics. 1953, Time, 23 Feb 1953: A Canadian believes that he has solved the diagnostic problem in human intersex. All human cells, says Dr. Murray L. Barr of the University of Western Ontario, contain something called sex chromatin. 2003, Andrew J Lawrence et al., Effects of Pollution on Fish, page 204: A much more common condition caused by early exposure of fish larvae to oestrogenic substances is intersex, which in males usually takes the form of ovotestis. 2008, Emine Saner, The Guardian, 30 Jul 2008, G2, page 12: It is thought that around one in 1,000 babies are born with an "intersex" condition, the general term for people with chromosomal abnormalities.1953, Time, 23 Feb 1953: A Canadian believes that he has solved the diagnostic problem in human intersex. All human cells, says Dr. Murray L. Barr of the University of Western Ontario, contain something called sex chromatin.2003, Andrew J Lawrence et al., Effects of Pollution on Fish, page 204: A much more common condition caused by early exposure of fish larvae to oestrogenic substances is intersex, which in males usually takes the form of ovotestis.2008, Emine Saner, The Guardian, 30 Jul 2008, G2, page 12: It is thought that around one in 1,000 babies are born with an "intersex" condition, the general term for people with chromosomal abnormalities.(biology, zoology) An individual with any of these conditions. 1948, Alfred Kinsey; Wardell Baxter Pomeroy, Clyde Eugene Martin, Sexual behavior in the human male, page 659: Goldschmidt and others who have thought of the homosexual individual as an intersex have relied upon incidence figures which were pure guesses and which, as the data in the present chapter will show, bear little relation to the fact.... 1955, Curt Stern, , page 374: Conversely, a fertilized egg with one X-chromosome would develop not into a male but into an intersex [...]. 2003, Peggy Tine Cohen-Kettenis; Friedemann Pfäfflin, Transgenderism and intersexuality in childhood and adolescence, page 155: Genital surgery on intersexes has been performed for about a century 2009, Mary C Smith & David Sherman, Goat Medicine, page 609: An intersex, then, is an animal that shows both male and female characteristics.1948, Alfred Kinsey; Wardell Baxter Pomeroy, Clyde Eugene Martin, Sexual behavior in the human male, page 659: Goldschmidt and others who have thought of the homosexual individual as an intersex have relied upon incidence figures which were pure guesses and which, as the data in the present chapter will show, bear little relation to the fact....1955, Curt Stern, , page 374: Conversely, a fertilized egg with one X-chromosome would develop not into a male but into an intersex [...].2003, Peggy Tine Cohen-Kettenis; Friedemann Pfäfflin, Transgenderism and intersexuality in childhood and adolescence, page 155: Genital surgery on intersexes has been performed for about a century2009, Mary C Smith & David Sherman, Goat Medicine, page 609: An intersex, then, is an animal that shows both male and female characteristics.
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