Missex

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To sex incorrectly; to incorrectly determine the sex of.

    "The low-dose group consisted of 34 males and 36 females instead of 35 animals of each sex , because of missexing during the initiation of the study."

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"The low-dose group consisted of 34 males and 36 females instead of 35 animals of each sex , because of missexing during the initiation of the study."

Etymology

From mis- + sex.

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