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intersex

[in-ter-seks]Biology
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noun

an individual having reproductive organs or external sexual characteristics of both male and female.

adjective

noting or relating to such an individual; intersexual.

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Origin of intersex

First recorded in 1915–20; back formation from intersexual

Usage note

See gender1.
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intersex

noun

the condition of having characteristics intermediate between those of a male and a female
an individual, esp a person, exhibiting such physiological characteristicsCompare gynandromorph, hermaphrodite (def. 1), hermaphrodite (def. 2)
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Word Origin and History for intersex
n.

"one having characteristics of both sexes," 1917, from German intersexe (1915); see inter- + sex. Coined by German-born U.S. geneticist Richard Benedict Goldschmidt (1878-1958). Related: Intersexual; intersexuality.

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