primary sex characteristic

noun

Anatomy.

any of the body structures directly concerned in reproduction, as the testes, ovaries, and external genitalia.

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The bill changes the "sex" category in official documents such as birth certificates to "sex at birth," defined as the "biological sex determined by primary sex characteristics and chromosomes."

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