| 영문 | sex | 한글 | 성 |
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| 설명 | 1. 대부분의 종의 동물 및 식물에서 볼 수 있으며, 개체가 만든 접합자형에 의해서, 또는 개체의 기준에 따라서 나누어지는 기본적 차이. 난자 또는 대배우자는 여성에 의해서 만들어지고, 정자 또는 소배우자는 남성에 의해서 만들어지며, 이들 상이한 생식세포의 결합은 유성생식에 있어서 새로운 개체를 생산하는 데 자연적인 필수조건이 된다. 2. 남성과 여성, 수컷과 암컷의 구별. 또는 남성이나 여성의 육체적 특징. |
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| 영문 | sex identification | 한글 | 성감별 |
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| 설명 | 사람의 성은 적어도 이하의 일곱 개의 항목에 의하여 결정된다. 즉, ① 염색체에 의한 성, ② 생식샘의 성, ③ 속생식기관 형태에 의한 성, ④ 바깥생식기관의 형태에 의한 성, ⑤ 호르몬작용에 의한 성, ⑥ 양육된 성, ⑦ 심리학적인 성 등이다. 통상의 성별판정은 염색체에의 한 성을 의미하고, 이에는 입안점막세포표본에 의한 X염색질, Y염색질검색이 일반적이다. |
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| male | See Mal-. Evil; wicked; bad. Origin: L. Malus. See Malice. Same as Mail, a bag. 1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs. 2. <botany> Capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them. 3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage. 4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir. 5. <mechanics> Adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc. <botany> Male berry, a screw having threads upon its exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a corresponding nut or female screw. Male thread, the thread of a male screw. Origin: F. Male, OF. Masle, mascle, fr. L. Masculus male, masculine, dim. Of mas a male; possibly akin to E. Man. Cf. Masculine, Marry. 1. An animal of the male sex. 2. <botany> A plant bearing only staminate flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| male breast | One of the two, usually rudimentary, mammary glands in the male. Synonym: mamma masculina, mamma virilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| male gonad | <anatomy> One of the two male reproductive glands located in the cavity of the scrotum. The testes produce sperm and male sex hormones. (13 Nov 1997) |
| male hermaphroditism | More correctly designated as male pseudohermaphroditism, as the term is commonly used; however, it may designate an instance of true hermaphroditism in which overt bodily characteristics are predominantly male. (05 Mar 2000) |
| male homosexuality | Erotic predisposition, or activity, including sexual congress, between two men, past the age of puberty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| male hypogonadism | A state in which testes are present but fail to function normally; may be of gonadal or pituitary origin. Synonym: eunuchism, male hypogonadism. Hypergonadotropic eunuchoidism, eunuchoidism of gonadal origin, commonly accompanied by enhanced levels of pituitary gonadotropins in the blood and urine, as in Klinefelter's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| male infertility | <radiology> Low sperm count, decreased motility/morphology, autoimmunity (12 Dec 1998) |
| male-odour | See Malodor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| male pattern alopecia | The most common form of androgenic alopecia, seen in men as receding frontal and bilateral triangular temple hair lines, and a balding patch on the vertex, which may progress to complete alopecia. Synonym: male pattern baldness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| male pattern baldness | The most common form of androgenic alopecia, seen in men as receding frontal and bilateral triangular temple hair lines, and a balding patch on the vertex, which may progress to complete alopecia. Synonym: male pattern baldness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| male pseudohermaphroditism | Pseudohermaphroditism in which the gonads are male and the karyotype is XY but with genital anomalies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| male-spirited | Having the spirit of a male; vigorous; courageous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| male sterility | The inability of the male to fertilise the ovum; it may or may not be associated with impotence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| male urethra | A canal about 20 cm in length opening at the extremity of the glans penis; it gives passage to the spermatic fluid as well as the urine. Synonym: urethra masculina, urethra virilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| genetic human male | An individual with a karyotype containing a Y chromosome, an individual whose cell nuclei do not contain Barr sex chromatin bodies, which are normally present in females. Patients with ambiguous sexual development and those with Turner's syndrome are classed as genetic male's or genetic females according to the absence or presence of Barr bodies even though their sex chromosome complement may suggest otherwise. (05 Mar 2000) |