isosexual

isosexual
Descriptive of an individual's somatic characteristics, or of processes occurring within, that are consonant with the sex of that individual.

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iso·sex·u·al .ī-sə-'seksh-(ə-)wəl, -'sek-shəl adj of, relating to, or being bodily processes or development of an individual consistent with the sex of the individual <\isosexual precocious puberty>

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iso·sex·u·al (i″so-sekґshoo-əl) [iso- + sexual] pertaining to or characteristic of the same sex.

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