Sex Characteristics
| Medical Definition: |
Those characteristics that distinguish one SEX from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the OVARIES and TESTES and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction. |
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no qualif; for anat or physiol differences between male & female; differentiate from SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS) (factors determining male or female), SEX DIFFERENTIATION (for differentiation of male from female during embryogenesis), SEX DISTRIBUTION (f |
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