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Noun: secondary sexual characteristic
  1. The genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)
    - secondary sex characteristic, secondary sex character

Derived forms: secondary sexual characteristics

Type of: sex character, sex characteristic, sexual characteristic

Encyclopedia: Secondary sexual characteristic

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secondary dysmenorrhea
secondary education
secondary emission
secondary hypertension
secondary industry
secondary modern
secondary modern school
secondary school
secondary sex character
secondary sex characteristic
secondary sexual characteristic
secondary storage
secondary syphilis
secondary winding
second-best
second-class
second-degree burn
seconder
second-guess
secondhand
second-hand