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Definition
: The totality of characteristics of reproductive structure, functions, PHENOTYPE, and GENOTYPE, differentiating the MALE from the FEMALE organism.
differentiate from SEX FACTORS, largely statist in concept; sex therapy: coord PSYCHOTHERAPY (IM) + SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL /ther or PSYCHOSEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS /ther or their indentions /ther (IM)
See Also
Libido
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Psychosexual Development
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Religion and Sex
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Sex Characteristics
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Sex Determination Analysis
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Sexual Behavior
Other names
Sex, Phenotypic; Sex, Genotypic; Phenotypic Sex; Genotypic Sex