sex-limitedadj.
/ˈsɛksˌlɪmᵻtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈsɛksˌlɪmᵻdᵻd/ 1. Genetics. Of a genetic or phenotypic characteristic: occurring or manifesting chiefly or solely in individuals of one sex; influenced or modified by the sex of the individual.In early use, the term included characteristics whose genes are situated on the sex chromosomes, now more specifically called sex-linked.
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sex-limited1908
sex-linked1912
X-linked1949
Y-linked1949
linked1973
the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > [adjective] > changes or actions of genes or chromosomes > limitation
sex-limited1908
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man viii. 282 (heading) Inheritance as limited by sex.]
1908 Lancet 2 May 1312/1 The second lecture will deal with..the possible nature of sex-limited diseases in man.
1911 Amer. Naturalist 45 40 Some of the responses [to environmental influence] may result in sexual dimorphism, while in others the induced characters may be sex-limited.
1921 Lancet 23 Apr. 891/1 Word blindness is apparently to some extent a sex-limited disability. In this group..it was about four times as prevalent among the boys as among the girls.
1975 Jrnl. Zool. 177 330 In butterflies, most sex-limited morphs are controlled by autosomal genes, their expression being dependent on the sex of the developing individual.
2. Occurring in or limited to one sex; restricted by sex.
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the world > life > sex and gender > [adjective] > restricted to or having characteristics of one sex only
sexual1815
unisexual1873
monosexual1904
sex-limited1910
unisex1917
sex-linked1932
1910 H. R. Martin Crossways vi. 74 Unlike so many would-be-intellectual women he had known, Jean never thrust her own sex-limited views or opinions upon one.
1935 M. Mead Sex & Temperament Primitive Societies xviii. 298 The attribution of the emotions defined as feminine to the boy who shows the mildest preference for one of the superficial sex-limited occupations.
1949 M. Mead Male & Female xi. 237 To the phrasing of any piece of human behaviour, however sex-limited it may seem to be, both sexes contribute their imaginations.
1991 C. F. Parvey in L. Grob et al. Women's & Men's Liberation i. iv. 52 For us as women this means being equal partners;..it means not being circumscribed on the basis of gender to the status of subordinate, dependent, second-class persons with sex-limited personal and vocational choices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1908