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FBOE

FBOE is the initialism of fraternal birth order effect.

Meaning of fraternal birth order effect

Noun

fraternal birth order effect (uncountable)

  1. The scientific observation that a man's statistical probability of being homosexual increases with the number of older brothers he has.
    • Thus the fraternal birth order effect is specific to male sexual orientation, and does not affect female sexual orientation.2008, Glenn Wilson, Qazi Rahman, Born Gay: The Psychobiology of Sex Orientation, Peter Owen, →ISBN, page 98

Questions about FBOE

What is FBOE the initialism of?
FBOE is the initialism of fraternal birth order effect.

Words near FBOE in the dictionary

  1. fbing
  2. FBML
  3. FBN
  4. FBO
  5. FBO's
  6. FBOE
  7. FBOP
  8. FBOs
  9. FBOT
  10. FBOTs
  11. fboy

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