Associations to the word «Intersex»

Wiktionary

INTERSEX, noun. Any of a variety of conditions (in a dioecious species) whereby an individual has male and female sex characteristics; the state of having the physical features of both sexes; intersexuality.
INTERSEX, noun. (biology) (zoology) An individual with any of these conditions.
INTERSEX, adjective. (of an individual) Having characteristics of both sexes.

Dictionary definition

INTERSEX, noun. One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats