endosex
Sign in to saveAlso known as perisex, sex dyadicity, dyadic sex, endosexuality, perisexuality, perisexness, dyads, dyadicness
An endosex person is someone whose innate sex characteristics fit normative medical ideas for female or male bodies. The word endosex is an antonym of intersex. Endosex is also known as dyadic or perisex.
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- Subclass of
- Sex
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- opposite of
- intersex
- different from
- cisgender
- has characteristic
- female organism
- is metaclass for
- organism
- Commons category
- Perisex
- does not have characteristic
- pseudohermaphroditism
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An endosex person is someone whose innate sex characteristics fit normative medical ideas for female or male bodies. The word endosex is an antonym of intersex. Endosex is also known as dyadic or perisex.
== Etymology and meaning ==
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