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birth sex

birth sex noun: the sex that someone was assigned at birth (or before via prenatal sex discernment), which may differ, as in cases of intersexuality, from their current sex assignment.

Noun

birth sex (countable and uncountable, plural birth sexes)

  1. The sex that someone was assigned at birth (or before via prenatal sex discernment), which may differ, as in cases of intersexuality, from their current sex assignment.

Synonyms of birth sex

Forms of birth sex

pluralbirth sexes

Questions about birth sex

What does birth sex mean?
Birth sex means the sex that someone was assigned at birth (or before via prenatal sex discernment), which may differ, as in cases of intersexuality, from their current sex assignment.
What part of speech is birth sex?
Birth sex is a noun.
What is the plural of birth sex?
The plural of birth sex is birth sexes.

Words near birth sex in the dictionary

  1. birth pills
  2. birth plan
  3. birth plans
  4. birth rate
  5. birth rates
  6. birth sex
  7. birth sexes
  8. birth sin
  9. birth stool
  10. birth stools
  11. birth time

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