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单词 intersexuality
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intersexualityn.

Brit. /ˌɪntəˌsɛkʃʊˈalᵻti/, /ˌɪntəˌsɛksjʊˈalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɪn(t)ərˌsɛkʃəˈwælədi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: intersexual adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < intersexual adj. + -ity suffix, after German Intersexualität (R. Goldschmidt 1915, in Biol. Centralblatt 35 566). Compare intersexual adj. 2 and intersex n. 2 Compare earlier bisexuality n. 1.Goldschmidt (who studied the genetics of sex determination in moths) lived in the United States 1914–19 and published articles both in German and in English during that period (compare e.g. quots. 19161 and 19162, quot. 1916 at intersex n. 2, and his apparent English coinage intersexual adj. 2).
Biology.
The state or condition of having or combining characteristics of both sexes; intersexual nature or character. Cf. intersexual adj. 2.
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the world > life > sex and gender > [noun] > state or condition of having characteristics of both sexes
hermaphroditism1808
androgynism1823
hermaphrodism1828
androgynity1842
bisexuality1842
androgyny1852
bisexualism1865
pseudohermaphroditism1881
asexuality1886
virilism1896
bi-gender1912
intersexuality1916
sex intergrade1916
relative sexuality1926
ambisexuality1938
monoecy1949
testicular feminization (or feminizing)1953
1916 R. Goldschmidt in Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2 55 The degree of intersexuality depends of course upon the difference of the potencies.
1916 R. Goldschmidt in Amer. Naturalist 50 708 It seems advisable to use another term for these forms, which in general represent a definite step between the two sexes. The phenomenon shall therefore be called intersexuality. Further experiments now proved that intersexuality segregates, F2 giving normal and intersexual animals.
1930 G. R. de Beer Embryol. & Evol. iii. 22 A series of degrees of intersexuality can be established from very slight to complete sex-reversal.
1965 Punch 10 Nov. 691 Goat-breeders have tried to maximise hornlessness..but in so doing they have unwittingly increased the frequency of the gene for intersexuality.
2000 Sciences July 20/1 We scoured the medical literature for estimates of the frequency of various categories of intersexuality, from additional chromosomes to mixed gonads, hormones and genitalia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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