Definition of Primary sex characteristic

1. Noun. The genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction).

Exact synonyms: Primary Sex Character, Primary Sexual Characteristic
Generic synonyms: Sex Character, Sex Characteristic, Sexual Characteristic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Primary Sex Characteristic

primary phosphine
primary producer
primary production
primary quill
primary rate interface
primary reinforcement
primary reinforcements
primary research
primary residence
primary residences
primary school
primary schools
primary sector
primary sectors
primary solid solution
primary source
primary structure
primary syphilis
primary teeth
primary tooth
primary transcript
primary valence
primary winding
primas
primase
primatal
primatals
primate

Literary usage of Primary sex characteristic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical gynecology by Samuel Wyllis Bandler (1914)
"The distinction between the genitalia of the two sexes themselves constitutes the "primary sex characteristic," but a number of differences which are not ..."

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