Intersexuality

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85060401
- info:lc/authorities/sh85060401
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85060401#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Bisexuality (Biology)
- Hermaphroditism
- Intersex conditions
Broader Terms
- Sex (Biology)
Narrower Terms
- Gynandromorphism
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4027484-6
Earlier Established Forms
- Hermaphroditism
Sources
- found: American Heritage dict. ("intersexual: Biology, having both male and female characteristics, including in varying degrees reproductive organs, secondary sexual characterisitics, and sexual behavior, as a result of an abnormality of the sex chromosomes or a hormonal imbalance during embryogenesis. n., intersexuality.")
- found: Random House dict.
- found: Encarta World English dict.
- found: Encyc. Britannica.
- found: Wikipedia, May 31, 2007.
- found: Google search, Oct. 23, 2007 (intersex conditions)
LC Classification
- QP267
- RC883
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2007-11-09: revised

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