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Intersex

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An intersexual individual.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any of a variety of conditions (in a dioecious species) whereby an individual has characteristics of both sexes.

n. An individual with an any of these conditions.

adj. Intersexed, having characteristics of both sexes.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made

Word Usage

"Those unfamiliar with the term "intersex" may still recognize the term "hermaphrodite" -- a single human possessing both male and female genitalia -- which is one variety of intersexuality."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

bisexual bisexual person

Cross Reference

gender ambiguity pseudohermaphroditism hermaphroditism

Form

intersexuality intersexed

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

pseudohermaphroditic hermaphroditic intersexed intersexual

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