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DSD

DSD is the initialism of disorder of sex development.

DSD is the initialism of difference of sex development.

DSD is the initialism of Defence Signals Directorate.

DSD is the initialism of Discover Scuba Diving.

Meaning of 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
    Synonyms:
    DSD

Forms of DSD

pluralDSDs

Questions about DSD

What is DSD the initialism of?
DSD is the initialism of disorder of sex development.

Words near DSD in the dictionary

  1. DSC
  2. DSCGA
  3. Dschubba
  4. DSCOVR
  5. DSCs
  6. DSD
  7. DSDD
  8. DSDMAC
  9. dsdna
  10. dsdnas
  11. DSDP

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Adapted from Wiktionary: DSD (page history and authors); disorder of sex development (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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