Organism Attribute
sex characteristic
sex char·ac·ter·is·tic
Subclass of:
Reproductive Physiological Phenomena
Definitions related to sex characteristics:
  • (gender difference) Characteristics or qualities that distinguish one sex from the other; qualities, conditions, disorders, etc., which contribute to similarities and differences between sexes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Those characteristics that distinguish one SEX from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the OVARIES and TESTES and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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