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biological sex

noun

Definitions

  1. sex, as in the biological factors that cause an individual member of a species that uses…

    sex, as in the biological factors that cause an individual member of a species that uses sexual reproduction to produce either male gametes (sperm or spermatozoa) or female gametes (ova).

    • Biological sex [is] constituted by sex characteristics (chromosomes, gonads, internal genitalia, external genitalia, hormones and secondary sexual manifestations).

  2. Synonym of birth sex (“sex assigned to a person when born”).

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No curated loop yet for biological sex. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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