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- genetic f. 1. an individual with a normal f. karyotype, including two X chromosomes; 2. an individual whose cell nuclei contain Barr sex chromatin bodies, which are normally absent in males.
- XO f. the genetic f. in Turner syndrome, where the criterion is the macroscopic appearance of the external genitals.
- XXX f. triple X syndrome.
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fe·male 'fē-.māl n an individual that bears young or produces eggs as distinguished from one that produces sperm esp a woman or girl as distinguished from a man or boy
female adj of, relating to, or being the sex that bears young or produces eggs
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fe·male (feґmāl) [L. femella young woman] 1. an individual organism of the sex that bears young or produces ova or eggs. 2. feminine.Medical dictionary. 2011.