biological sex
Sex, as in the biological factors that cause an individual member of a species that…Sex, as in the biological factors that cause an individual member of a species that uses sexual reproduction to produce either male gametes (sperm or spermatozoa) or female gametes (ova).
» Yanni didn't know that person's biological sex.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)Sex, as in the biological factors that cause an individual member of a species that uses sexual reproduction to produce either male gametes (sperm or spermatozoa) or female gametes (ova).
(countable, uncountable)Synonym of birth sex (“sex assigned to a person when born”).
Examples
4 sentencesYanni didn't know that person's biological sex.
Biological sex is generally subdivided into genotypic sex, phenotypic sex, and hormonal sex.
Biological sex has at least as much to do with phenotype as with genotype.
Oh, you want to talk about biological sex? Well, I had biological sex with your mom last night!
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plural: biological sexes| Singular | biological sex |
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable