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intersex Biol.|ˈɪntəsɛks|
[ad. G. intersexe (R. Goldschmidt 1915, in Biol. Centralblatt XXXV. 566): see inter- 2 b and sex n.]
In a diœcious species, an abnormal form or individual having characteristics of both sexes; the condition of being of this type.
[1910X. Mayne (title) The intersexes, the history of similisexualism as a problem in social life.] 1917R. Goldschmidt in Endocrinology I. 437 We have proposed the use of the terms intersexe, intersexual, intersexuality instead of sex-intergrades. 1920Science 26 Mar. 326 The intersex gene itself has been found not to be sex-linked. 1930G. R. de Beer Embryol. & Evolution iii. 22 Animals which have switched over from a period of development in one sex to a period of development in the other are called intersexes. 1955T. Dobzhansky Evolution, Genetics & Man xi. 262 This progeny consists of ordinary diploid females, diploid males, triploid females, and three new sexual types known as intersexes, superfemales, and supermales. 1956Nature 21 Jan. 144/1 The birds were found to be six males, ten females and one intersex. 1962D. J. B. Ashley Human Intersex p. vii, I have been interested in the problems of intersex particularly from the viewpoint of my own discipline. Ibid. p. viii, Gonadal tumours present a difficult problem in the intersex patient. 1971Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 10 Dec. 18/2 There are four main criteria involved in diagnosing and assigning the true sex of an individual: the chromosome sex, the sex of the gonads, the sex of the genitalia and the psychological sex. Dr Armstrong has defined intersex as the state in which any of these fail to agree.
So ˈintersexed a. = intersexual a. 2.
1939Ann. Reg. 1938 372 The production of feminized males and intersexed rats by antenatal administration of oestrogens. 1968R. J. Stoller Sex & Gender ii. 17 (heading) The intersexed patient with normal gender identity. |