het·ero·sex·u·al

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• sex — sex; sex·a·ge·nar·i·an·ism; sex·a·ges·i·ma; sex·a·ges·i·mal·ly; sex·a·ges·i·mo quarto; sex·ag·o·nal; sex·an·gu·lar; sex·de·cil·lion; sex·digital; sex·dig·it·ism; sex·en·ni·al; sex·er; sex·foil; sex·hood; sex·i·ness; sex·less·ness;… …   English syllables

• het — che·che·het; het·er·aki·dae; het·er·a·kis; het·er·an·drous; het·er·an·gi·um; het·er·an·the·ra; het·er·atomic; het·er·auxesis; het·er·axial; het·er·ism; het·er·i·za·tion; het·ero·agglutinin; het·ero·autotroph; het·ero·autotrophic; het·ero·auxin;… …   English syllables

• ero — ac·cel·ero·graph; cir·cum·ero·sion; ero·di·um; ero·genesis; ero·si·bil·i·ty; ero·si·ble; ero·sion; ero·sion·al; ero·sion·ist; ero·sive; ero·sive·ness; ero·to·genesis; ero·to·gen·ic; ero·to·ge·nic·i·ty; ero·to·ma·nia; ero·to·path;… …   English syllables

• heterosex — het·ero·sex …   English syllables

• heterosex — het·ero·sex het ə rō .seks n HETEROSEXUALITY …   Medical dictionary

• Heterosexual — A person sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex. Colloquially known as straight. The term heterosexual can also be an adjective. * * * 1. A person whose sexual orientation is toward persons of the opposite sex. 2. Relating to or… …   Medical dictionary

• Heterosexuality — Sexuality directed toward someone of the opposite sex. * * * Erotic attraction, predisposition, or activity, including sexual congress between persons of the opposite sex. * * * het·ero·sex·u·al·i·ty sek shə wal ət ē n, pl ties the quality or… …   Medical dictionary

• heterogamety — het·ero·gam·e·ty (het″ər o gamґə te) the production of unlike gametes by an individual of one sex, such as the production of X and Y bearing gametes by the human male …   Medical dictionary

• heterochromosome — het·ero·chro·mo·some krō mə .sōm, .zōm n SEX CHROMOSOME …   Medical dictionary

• heterogametic — Having sex gametes of contrasting types; human males are h.. SYN: digametic. [hetero + G. gametikos, connubial] * * * het·ero·ga·met·ic gə met ik, mēt adj forming two kinds of gametes of which one determines offspring of one sex and the other… …   Medical dictionary