sex characteristic
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Definition that contains sex characteristic
- testosterone a potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes; responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics
- hypogonadism incompetence of the gonads (especially in the male with low testosterone); results in deficient development of secondary sex characteristics and (in prepubertal males) a body with long legs and a short trunk
- primary sex characteristic the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)
- secondary sexual characteristic the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)
- primary sexual characteristic the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)
- autosexing (especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching
- secondary sex character the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)
- primary sex character the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)
- secondary sex characteristic the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)