Hermaphroditic vs Intersex - What's the difference?
hermaphroditic | intersex | Synonyms |
Of or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite.
(biology) Possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes.
Any of a variety of conditions (in a dioecious species) whereby an individual has male and female sex characteristics.
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* 2003 , Andrew J Lawrence et al., Effects of Pollution on Fish , p. 204:
* 2008 , Emine Saner, The Guardian , 30 Jul 2008, G2, p. 12:
(biology, zoology) An individual with any of these conditions.
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* 2009 , Mary C Smith & David Sherman, Goat Medicine , p. 609:
(of an individual) Having characteristics of both sexes.
* 2006 , Alice Domurate Dreger, “Intersex and Human Rights: The Long View”, in Sharon E. Sytsma (editor), Ethics and Intersex , Springer, ISBN 978-1-4020-4313-0,
* 2006 , Dean Spade, “Compliance Is Gendered: Struggling for Gender Self-Determination in a Hostile Economy”, Paisley Currah et al. (editors), Transgender Rights , University of Minnesota Press, ISBN 978-0-8166-4312-7,
* 2010 , Sean Saifa Wall, “I am the ‘I’”, in Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman (editors), Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation , Seal Press, ISBN 978-1-58005-308-2,
* 2010 , The Age , 3 Jun 2010:
Hermaphroditic is a synonym of intersex.
As adjectives the difference between hermaphroditic and intersex
is that hermaphroditic is of or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite while intersex is (of an individual) having characteristics of both sexes.As a noun intersex is
any of a variety of conditions (in a dioecious species) whereby an individual has male and female sex characteristics.hermaphroditic
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(-)Derived terms
*hermaphroditicallyintersex
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(wikipedia intersex)Noun
(es)- A Canadian believes that he has solved the diagnostic problem in human intersex . All human cells, says Dr. Murray L. Barr of the University of Western Ontario, contain something called sex chromatin.
- A much more common condition caused by early exposure of fish larvae to oestrogenic substances is intersex , which in males usually takes the form of ovotestis.
- It is thought that around one in 1,000 babies are born with an "intersex " condition, the general term for people with chromosomal abnormalities.
- An intersex , then, is an animal that shows both male and female characteristics.
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- If you would not obfuscate the medical history of a person who was born without intersex, then you ought not to do so when dealing with a person born intersex .
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- His confidentiality was broken, and soon the entire staff and residential population were aware that Jim was intersex'. we faced the fact that most programs were gender segregated and would not be a safe place for Jim to be known as ' intersex .
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- When I had learned that I was intersex , I brought this issue to my mother.
- A survey of 1100 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people by Griffith and Bond University researchers found that the overwhelming majority had been victims of targeted harassment as well as physical and sexual abuse.