411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
DSD
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
Dsd D.S.D.
English
Noun
en medical en disorder of sex development.
en 2015 Claire Ainsworth Sex redefined Nature 518 7539 A DSD called congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), for example, causes the body to produce excessive amounts of male sex hormones; XX individuals with this condition are born with ambiguous genitalia (an enlarged clitoris and fused labia that resemble a scrotum).
en medical en difference of sex development.
en-GB Daniel Boffey IOC puts out correction after president Thomas Bach confuses gender issues The Guardian 2024-08-03 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/03/international-olympic-committee-thomas-bach-transgender-correction-paris 0261-3077 Sean Ingle Differences of sex development (DSD) describes a group of conditions that occur early in pregnancy in which sex development is not typical. It was previously known as “intersex”. Some people with DSDs are raised as female but have XY sex chromosomes and blood testosterone levels in the male range.
Proper noun
en w:Defence Signals Directorate: an Australian government intelligence agency responsible for signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information security (INFOSEC).
en underwater diving en w:Introductory diving Discover Scuba Diving.
See also
en ASIO
en ASIS
en DIGO
en DIO
en ONA
Anagrams
en dds D. D. S. D.D.'s D.D.S. DD's DDS DDs
en Intersex