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Phenotype

Phenotype is a biological term referring to an organism’s physical appearance. For instance phenotypal sex refers to the sex they appear to be anatomically within the traditional binary system of sexual differentiation.

In the context of trans and intersex individuals it is often referred to in order to differentiate physically perceived sex from the genotype (or chromosomal configuration), as for trans and intersex individuals these can give conflicting indicators of “sex”.