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secondary sexual characteristic

DEFINITIONS OF: secondary sexual characteristic

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n the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)

Synonyms:
secondary sex character, secondary sex characteristic
Type of:
sex character, sex characteristic, sexual characteristic
those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other
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