intersex
[in-ter-seks]Biology
- an individual having reproductive organs or external sexual characteristics of both male and female.
Show More
- noting or relating to such an individual; intersexual.
Show More
Origin of intersex
First recorded in 1915–20; back formation from intersexual
Usage note
See gender1.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for intersex
Contemporary Examples
Now that the public is aware of your intersex status, do you fear that will change your relationship with him?
Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells AllAurora Snow
November 26, 2014
I feel like I have this opportunity to turn this into something good and teach people about intersex.
Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells AllAurora Snow
November 26, 2014
Ignorance about the existence of persons with intersex conditions is hardly limited to the religious.
The truth is that intersex just might be the silver bullet in the culture wars about sex and gender.
The power of intersex bodies is their ability to disrupt social norms.
intersex
- 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)
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for intersex
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper