Health Dictionary
Reliable, easy-to-read patient information on common medical conditions — written in plain language, free of jargon, and grounded in current evidence. Browse the most frequent diagnoses, understand what they mean for everyday life, and learn which steps and questions help you have a focused conversation with your doctor.
Disorder of sexual development
Introduction
A disorder of sexual development is a medical term referring to any failure of the reproductive system and/or the secondary body changes dependent on its function to form normally in fetal life or childhood.
It has recently been proposed that this term replace the terms intersex and intersexuality in clinical and public discourse because it is less likely to be perceived as pejorative.