Not everyone is born strictly male or female, in fact an estimated 1 in 100 babies are sexually ambiguous at birth, and 1 to 2 in 1000 are surgically altered to one sex or the other. These people are called intersexed. For more information, try the Intersexed Society of North America.
Having physical gender markers (genitals, gonads, chromosomes) that are neither clearly female nor male.
(Not applicable to Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia) Relating to or characterized by the condition of having both male and female characteristics; being intermediate between the sexes. ( source)
one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
Having some degree of ambiguity in regard to primary sex characteristics (genitalia) or being born with predominantly male or female genitalia that medical professionals deem to be physiologically 'incorrect,' usually addressed through medically unnecessary surgery during infancy; a condition that may apply to about one in 2,000 infants; sometimes offensively called 'hermaphroditic'
An individual who has a mixture of male and female reproductive structures, so that it is not clear at birth whether the individual is a male or a female. Also called a pseudohermaphrodite. (page 111)
Intersexuality is a set of medical conditions that feature congenital anomaly of the reproductive and sexual system. That is, intersex people are born with "sex chromosomes," external genitalia, or internal reproductive systems that are not considered "standard" for either male or female. The existence of intersexuals shows that there are not just two sexes and that our ways of thinking about sex (trying to force everyone to fit into either the male box or the female box) is socially constructed. Institutional Oppression - Institutional arrangements of a society used to benefit one group at the expense of another, illustrated through the use of language, media, education, economics, religion, etc.
Persons] born with the full or partial sex organs of [male and female], or with underdeveloped or ambiguous sex organs. About 4% of all births are intersex to some degree. (This word replaces the politically incorrect hermaphrodite.)
A person born with ambiguous genitalia or genitalia of both sexes. Used to be called Hermaphrodite.
is a person (or animal of any unisexual species) is one who has both male and female sexual characteristics and organs.
A term used to describe the phenomenon where one is born with both male and female anatomical/physiological characteristics (in various combinations) or is considered (by the medical establishment and heterosexist society) to be biologically "ambiguous". Sexual development begins at conception with the chromosomes that are present in the newly formed cell Of the 23 pairs of chromosomes normally present in human cells, one pair (the sex chromosomes) determines the individual s sex. The typical female chromosome pattern is denoted XX; the typical male XY BUT, not everyone has the XX or XY chromosome patterns. Some have a single X, some XXY and some XYY. There are many other variations possible and in fact, it is possible for an individual to have different chromosomes in different cells: for example having some cells with the XX pattern and some with the XY pattern (mosaicism and chimerism). Even in people with the typical XX or XY chromosome patterns, outward sexual appearance at birth can be ambiguous and this is usually due to non-typical exposure to male or female hormones in the womb.
An individual more or less intermediate in phenotype between male and female, displaying secondary male or female characters. ( 14)
I ntersexuality is a set of medical conditions that features "congenital anomalies of the reproductive and sexual system." That is, a person with an intersex condition is born with sex chromosomes, external genitalia, or an internal reproductive system that is not considered "standard" for either male or female.
The physical characteristic of having been born with genitalia which do not conform completely to binary medical stereotypes of the 'male' penis and testes or the 'female' clitoris and vaginal canal. Roughly 1 in 2000 infants is born with what doctors consider 'ambiguous' genitalia, putting them at risk for intersex genital mutilation. An even higher proportion of the population is intersex in some way. These people were formerly referred to in medical literature as 'hermaphrodites', but this language is now recognized as both incorrect and offensive.
Intersex people are people born with sex chromosomes, external genitalia, or an internal reproductive system that is not considered 'standard' for either male or female.
People born with some combination of male and female genitals.
Having genitals which are neither obviously male nor obviously female. Hypospadias alone is not considered as an intersex condition, however it may contribute to an individial being considered as intersex if other factors are present.
A person with an intersex condition is born with sex chromosomes, external genitalia, or an internal reproductive system that is not considered "standard" for either male or female. This definition is gathered from The Intersex Society of North America, www.isna.org
An individual with external genitalia not clearly male or female.
(Intersexualité) An individual who is intermediate in sexual constitution between male and female.