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asexual
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asexual /asex·u·al/ (a-sek´shoo-al) having no sex; not sexual; not pertaining to sex.
a·sex·u·al (-sksh-l)
adj.
1. Having no evident sex or sex organs; sexless.
2. Relating to, produced by, or involving reproduction that occurs without the union of male and female gametes, as in binary fission or budding.
3. Lacking interest in or desire for sex.
a·sexu·ali·ty (-l-t) n.
a·sexu·al·ly adv.
asexual
[āsek′sho̅o̅·əl]
Etymology: Gk, a, not; L, sexus, male or female
1 not sexual.
2 pertaining to an organism that has no sexual organs.
3 pertaining to a process that is not sexual. asexuality, n.
asexual
without sex; not pertaining to or involving sex.
asexual
adjective Sexless; occurring without sex; unrelated to sex


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