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intersex
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intersex /in·ter·sex/ (in´ter-seks)
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

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Intersexes in Mississippi River shovelnose sturgeon sampled below Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
After years of silence intersexes -- those born with genitalia that fall somewhere between male and female -- are organizing against medical professionals who they claim are performing unnecessary surgery on children with ambiguous or unusual genitalia.
During the most recent period, the proportion of intersexes was lowest of any period except for 1852-1929.
 
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