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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

perisex en · ADJ

Etymology

From peri- (“about, around, near, surrounding”) + sex, coined as an alternative to dyadic around November 2014 by "Mod H" of the Tumblr blog actuallyintersex.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Dyadic; endosex; not intersex.
    • A person born with Swyer syndrome has XY chromosomes, like a typical perisex boy might. 2021, Sol Santana, Just Ash, Carolrhoda Lab: