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Vinony

intersexuality

noun

  1. condition where a person differs from normal male or female physical characteristics
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.tə.sɛk.ʃuːˈæ.lɪ.ti/ / /-sjuː-/ / /ˌɪn.təɹ.sɛk.ʃuˈæ.lə.ti/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās New Latin sexuālitāslbor. English sexuality English intersexuality From inter- + sexuality.

  1. The state of having the physical features of both sexes, or of having ambiguous sex, i.e. not unambiguously male or female.