sex change
— Noun
– English
~ a change in a person's physical sexual characteristics (as by surgery and hormone treatments)
sex character
— Noun
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~ those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other
sex
— Noun
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~ the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles; "she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus"
sex manual
— Noun
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~ a manual containing instruction in sexual techniques; intended to enhance the reader's sexual life
sex object
— Noun
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~ any person regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification
sex act
— Noun
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~ sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
sex-linked disorder
— Noun
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~ any disease or abnormality that is determined by the sex hormones; "hemophilia is determined by a gene defect on an X chromosome"
sex segregation
— Noun
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~ the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
sex characteristic
— Noun
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~ those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other
sex linkage
— Noun
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~ an association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other
sex crime
— Noun
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~ a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat; "most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault"
sex appeal
— Noun
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~ attractiveness to the opposite sex
sex
— Noun
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~ either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided; "the war between the sexes"
sex bomb
— Noun
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~ a young woman who is thought to have sex appeal
sex
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~ activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat"
sex chromosome
— Noun
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~ (genetics) a chromosome that determines the sex of an individual; "mammals normally have two sex chromosomes"
sex hormone
— Noun
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~ any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs
sex-change operation
— Noun
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~ surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex
sex chromatin
— Noun
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~ chromatin found only in female cells; "the presence or absence of sex chromatin in cells obtained by amniocentesis makes it possible to determine the sex of a fetus"
sex
— Noun
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~ all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses; "he wanted a better sex life"; "the film contained no sex or violence"