sex assignment
[ seks uh-sahyn-muhnt ]
/ ˈsɛks əˌsaɪn mənt /
noun
the determination or assignment of a baby’s sex, based on the appearance of external reproductive organs, and, sometimes, chromosomal testing.
Words nearby sex assignment
sewn, sewn binding, sex, sex act, sex appeal, sex assignment, sex cell, sex cells, sex change, sex chromatin, sex chromosome
Origin of sex assignment
First recorded in 1955–60
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Examples from the Web for sex assignment
First appearing in 1779, sex-assignment surgeries became increasingly popular from the nineteenth century onward.