intersex

1. (uncountable) The condition of being intersex; intersexuality.Examples: "A Canadian believes that he has solved the diagnostic problem in human intersex. All human cells, says Dr. Murray L. Barr of the University of Western Ontario, contain something called sex chromatin."; "A much more common condition caused by early exposure of fish larvae to oestrogenic substances is intersex, which in males usually takes the form of ovotestis."uncountable

2. (countable, biology, zoology) An individual with any of these conditions.Examples: "Goldschmidt and others who have thought of the homosexual individual as an intersex have relied upon incidence figures which were pure guesses and which, as the data in the present chapter will show, bear little relation to the fact...."; "Conversely, a fertilized egg with one X-chromosome would develop not into a male but into an intersex […]"; "Pseudo-hermaphrodites or other intersexes are not to be confused with transsexualists; transvestites may be transsexualists, but not necessarily."countable

1. (nonstandard) To make intersex.Examples: "The point is significant in light of current political issues surrounding real intersexed individuals. [...] It is clearly the case that physical intersexing and psychological androgyny do not conform to sex and gender norms in society. [...]"Synonyms: intersexualizenonstandard