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intersex

in·ter·sex

UK/ˈɪn.tə.sɛks/ US/ˈɪn.təɹ.sɛks/ uncommon

noun

1.

one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made

Origin

Borrowed from German Intersexe. By surface analysis, inter- + sex. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Needs more details, especially the German etymology.”) Doublet of intersect.

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