Definition of "intersexuality" [intersexuality]

• Having the physical features of both sexes (noun)
• The state in which biological sex cannot be classified as belonging to one gender or the other (noun)

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• "It can also coexist with other types of intersexuality, though if another kind of intersexuality is present then an additional diagnosis of Benjamin's Syndrome would generally be considered superfluous."
• "Alice Dreger, on the Hasting Center blog, alerts us to Dr. Maria New, who's been giving the experimental medication dexamethasone (dex) to pregnant women concerned their child might have congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH, an adrenal condition that results sometimes in intersexuality in girls, rarely in death, sometimes in life-long medication, but has also been associated with tomboyishness and lesbianism) without informed consent."
• "This week I read an interesting article about intersexuality in Gaza, Palestine."