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intersex
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intersex /in·ter·sex/ (in´ter-seks)
1. hermaphrodite.
2. pseudohermaphrodite.
3. intersexuality.
female intersex  a female pseudohermaphrodite.
male intersex  a male pseudohermaphrodite.
true intersex  a true hermaphrodite.
intersex
1. intersexuality.
2. an animal which exhibits intersexuality.
chromosomal intersex
includes all patients whose sexual abnormalities are due to sex chromosome abnormalities.
intersex condition
where there is ambiguity in the structure of the gonads, reproductive tract or external genitalia.
gonadal intersex
patients who have a normal male or female karyotype but whose gonads do not correspond to their chromosomal sex.
phenotypic intersex
patients with normal gonadal and chromosomal sex but their sex organs in whole or in part are abnormal; their other sexual characteristics may also be abnormal.
true intersex
a true hermaphrodite.
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The Intersex Symposium will explore issues surrounding the treatment of people with intersex conditions, whose bodies do not conform anatomically to conventional categories of male or female.
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