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nonsex en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + sex.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not of or pertaining to sex.
    • In a girl’s cells, you don’t see two pleasantly active X chromosomes behaving like two ordinary nonsex chromosomes. 2007 May 1, Natalie Angier, “For Motherly X Chromosome, Gender Is Only the Beginning”, in New York Times: