disorder of sex development

Noun

disorder of sex development (plural disorders of sex development)

1. A medical condition whereby the development of chromosomal or anatomical sex is in some way atypical; an intersex condition.
   • Recently, growing patient and parental concerns about the stigma associated with the term intersex, along with advances in treatment and diagnosis, have led to the adoption of the term disorders of sex development (DSD) in its place.2008, Harvey J. Makadon (Ed.), The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health, page 393
   • There are also several states of disorders of sex development in males, namely gonadal dysgenesis or defects in androgen biosynthesis which cause insufficient synthesis of androgens and hypoandrogenisation in consequence.2009, Konrad Janowski, Biopsychosocial Aspects of Health and Disease, volume 1, page 69

   Synonyms:

   DSD