Secondary sexual characteristics

secondary sex characteristic

Any of various genetically transmitted physical or behavioral characteristics that appear in humans at puberty and in sexually mature animals and that differentiate between the sexes without having a direct reproductive function.

secondary sex characteristic

Any of the physical traits in a sexually mature animal that are specific to one sex but are not directly involved in the act of reproducing. Secondary sex characteristics are thought to have evolved to give an individual an advantage in mating by making the individual more attractive to mates or by allowing the individual to defeat rivals in competition for mates. Some secondary sex characteristics include the facial hair of the human male, the relatively prominent breasts of the human female, the antlers found only in the male of most species of deer, and the colorful plumage of the males of many species of birds. The appearance of secondary sex characteristics is determined by the sex hormones. See more at sexual selection.

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Noun

secondary sex characteristic - the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)

secondary sex character, secondary sexual characteristic

sex character, sex characteristic, sexual characteristic - those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other

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androgen androgenic hormone estrogen estrogenic eunuchoidism hypogonadism incompetence Kallman's syndrome male hypogonadism puberty secondary sex character secondary sexual characteristic sex character sex characteristic sex chromosome sex hormone sexual characteristic sexual selection testosterone	In addition, hormones also trigger the formation of secondary sexual characteristics in males and females. Hormones and Hair Loss Can Hormones Cause Hair Loss? by Monica C. / Food/cooking/nutrition community Even the most fervent seekers after equality have accepted that it is not realistic to expect people to stop objectifying one another; the best we can hope for is that men and women are objectified equally, that we may all equally have our day in the sun, flaunting our secondary sexual characteristics, and all equally expect to be taken seriously as minds as well as bodies. This is not about men by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk It is really a suite of changes with relative synchrony, consisting of several component processes: It is a time of rapid physical growth and sexual maturation; a time when the secondary sexual characteristics that accompany becoming reproductively mature occur; a time of profound motivational and emotional changes; a time of much cognitive development in the sense of measuring cognitive abilities; a time when there is a maturation of judgment and self-regulation skills. Risk-taking and thrill-seeking by Dahl, Ronald / Addiction Professional	Secondary fever secondary growth Secondary hemorrhage secondary hypertension secondary imagery dissemination secondary imagery dissemination system secondary loads secondary meristem secondary modern school secondary offering secondary picket secondary picketing Secondary planet secondary port secondary processes secondary qualities Secondary quills secondary rescue facilities secondary road Secondary rocks Secondary roots secondary school secondary sex character secondary sex characteristic secondary sexual characteristic Secondary sexual characteristics secondary source secondary storage secondary stress secondary structure secondary succession secondary syphilis secondary targets Secondary tint secondary tissue Secondary union Secondary use secondary wall secondary water terminal secondary wave secondary wave breaker system secondary winding seconde secondee seconder secondhand secondhand car secondhand smoke secondi secondly secondment	secondary sequestrum Secondary Serum Reference Materials Secondary Service State secondary sewage sludge secondary sex c secondary sex c secondary sex c secondary sex c secondary sex c's secondary sex c's secondary sex c's secondary sex c's secondary sex character secondary sex characteristic secondary sex characteristic secondary sex characteristic secondary sex characteristic Secondary Sex characteristic- Secondary Sex characteristic- Secondary sex characteristics Secondary sex characteristics Secondary sex characteristics secondary sex characters secondary sex characters secondary sex characters secondary sex characters Secondary Sex Ratio Secondary sexual characteristic Secondary sexual characteristic Secondary sexual characteristic Secondary sexual characteristics secondary shaft Secondary shares Secondary Shift Selector secondary shock secondary shock secondary shock secondary shock Secondary Significant Other Secondary Six-Year Plan Secondary slave secondary somatic dysfunction Secondary sort key Secondary sort key Secondary Sound Channel Secondary source Secondary sources Secondary Sowing Secondary Spare Part Secondary Specific Pathogen-Free secondary spermatocyte secondary spermatocyte secondary spermatocyte Secondary spermatocytes Secondary spermatocytes Secondary spermatocytes secondary splits secondary spongiosa secondary spongiosa secondary spongiosa secondary spongiosa

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androgen
androgenic hormone
estrogen
estrogenic
eunuchoidism
hypogonadism
incompetence
Kallman's syndrome
male hypogonadism
puberty
secondary sex character
secondary sexual characteristic
sex character
sex characteristic
sex chromosome
sex hormone
sexual characteristic
sexual selection
testosterone

In addition, hormones also trigger the formation of secondary sexual characteristics in males and females.

Hormones and Hair Loss Can Hormones Cause Hair Loss? by Monica C. / Food/cooking/nutrition community

Even the most fervent seekers after equality have accepted that it is not realistic to expect people to stop objectifying one another; the best we can hope for is that men and women are objectified equally, that we may all equally have our day in the sun, flaunting our secondary sexual characteristics, and all equally expect to be taken seriously as minds as well as bodies.

This is not about men by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

It is really a suite of changes with relative synchrony, consisting of several component processes: It is a time of rapid physical growth and sexual maturation; a time when the secondary sexual characteristics that accompany becoming reproductively mature occur; a time of profound motivational and emotional changes; a time of much cognitive development in the sense of measuring cognitive abilities; a time when there is a maturation of judgment and self-regulation skills.

Risk-taking and thrill-seeking by Dahl, Ronald / Addiction Professional

Secondary fever

secondary growth

Secondary hemorrhage

secondary hypertension

secondary imagery dissemination

secondary imagery dissemination system

secondary loads

secondary meristem

secondary modern school

secondary offering

secondary picket