- Types:
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primary sex character, primary sex characteristic, primary sexual characteristic
the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)
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secondary sex character, secondary sex characteristic, secondary sexual characteristic
the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)
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virilism
the development of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female (or prematurely in a young boy)
