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单词 asexual
释义

asexual

[ ey-sek-shoo-uhl ]
/ eɪˈsɛk ʃu əl /
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adjective

Biology.
  1. having no gender or sexual organs.
  2. independent of sexual processes, especially not involving the union of male and female germ cells.
free from sexual desires or sexuality: an asexual friendship;a woman who identifies as asexual;an asexual hug.

noun

a person who is free from sexual desires or sexuality.

Origin of asexual

First recorded in 1820–30; a-6 + sexual

OTHER WORDS FROM asexual

a·sex·u·al·i·ty [ey-sek-shoo-al-i-tee], /eɪˌsɛk ʃuˈæl ɪ ti/, nouna·sex·u·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby asexual

aseptate, aseptic, aseptic meningitis, aseptic necrosis, aseptic surgery, asexual, asexual dwarf, asexual generation, asexuality, asexualize, asexual reproduction
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British Dictionary definitions for asexual

asexual
/ (eɪˈsɛksjʊəl, æ-) /

adjective

having no apparent sex or sex organs
(of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes, as in vegetative reproduction, fission, or budding

Derived forms of asexual

asexuality (eɪˌsɛksjʊˈælɪtɪ, ˌæ-), nounasexually, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for asexual

asexual
[ ā-sĕkshōō-əl ]

adj.

Having no evident sex or sex organs; sexless.
Relating to, produced by, or involving reproduction that occurs without the union of male and female gametes, as in binary fission or budding.
Lacking interest in or desire for sex.

Other words from asexual

a•sex′u•ali•ty (-ălĭ-tē) n.a•sexu•al•ly adv.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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