sex assignment

[ seksuh-sahyn-muhnt ]

noun
  1. the determination or assignment of a baby’s sex, based on the appearance of external reproductive organs, and, sometimes, chromosomal testing.

Origin of sex assignment

1
First recorded in 1955–60

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