Definition of Secondary sex characteristic

1. Noun. The genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature).


Definition of Secondary sex characteristic

1. Noun. A feature that distinguishes the two sexes of a species, but is not directly part of the reproductive system. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Secondary Sex Characteristic

secondary refractory anaemia
secondary reinforcement
secondary renal calculus
secondary renal tubular acidosis
secondary research
secondary retinitis
secondary saturation
secondary school
secondary schools
secondary screw-worm
secondary sector
secondary sectors
secondary sensory cortex
secondary sensory nuclei
secondary site
secondary smoking
secondary source
secondary sources
secondary spiral lamina
secondary spiral plate
secondary storage
secondary structure
secondary succession
secondary suture
secondary syphilid
secondary syphilis

Literary usage of Secondary sex characteristic

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

1. Impotence and Sterility: With Aberrations of the Sexual Function and Sex by George Frank Lydston (1917)
"Marshall and Hammond, in experiments on sheep, conclude that castration checks horn growth (a secondary sex characteristic). Unilateral castration inhibits ..."

2. Impotence and Sterility: With Aberrations of the Sexual Function and Sex by George Frank Lydston (1917)
"... secondary sex characteristic). Unilateral castration inhibits, but does not check horn growth. Removal of the testes without removal of the epididymes ..."

3. The Menopause, Hormone Therapy, and Women's Health by 52003012847, Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1992)
"In humans, the estrogens are formed in the ovary, adrenal cortex, testis, and fetoplacental unit and are responsible for female secondary sex characteristic ..."

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