intersexuality /-sek′sho̅o̅·al″itē/ [L, inter + sexus, male or female] , the condition in which an individual has both male and female anatomical characteristics to varying degrees or in which the appearance of the external genitalia is ambiguous or differs from that characteristic of the gonadal or genetic sex. See also hermaphroditism, pseudohermaphroditism. −intersexual, adj.
