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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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sex- comb. form of L.
sex SIX, as in techn. terms, e.g. (zool.)
sexdigital, (chem.)
sexvalent.
sexagenarian XVIII.
sexagenary pert. to 60 XVI; aged 60 XVII.
Sexagesima XVI (earlier †
-ime XIV) second Sunday before Lent (cf.
SEPTUAGESIMA).
sexagesimal (
-AL1) (math.) pert. to or based on 60 XVII.
sexcentenary of 600 XVIII; of a period of 600 years XIX.
sexennial see
BIENNIAL.
sext (eccl.) the third of the day hours of the Church, so called because orig. allocated to the sixth hour of the day (midday). XV. — L.
sexta, sb. use of fem. of sextus
SIXTH.
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SEX OFFENDERS IN NURSING HOMES
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/24/2005; 700+ words
; SEX OFFENDERS IN NURSING HOMES This list of 100...Illinois were cross-checked with the state's sex offender registry. The information below is...distinguished by the label "NURS" in the sex offender registry. Five offenders are labeled...
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Nuclear Sex-Determining Genes Cause Large Sex-Ratio Variation in the Apple Snail Pomacea canaliculata
Magazine article from: Genetics; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...ABSTRACT Evolutionary maintenance of genetic sex-ratio variation is enigmatic since genes for biased sex ratios are disadvantageous in finite populations...be maintained if a small number of nuclear sex-determining genes were responsible, although...
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Sex customers in Norway 2002.
Magazine article from: Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Which background factors are associated with buying sex, and to what extent do sex customers use condoms? Our analyses are based on...and 0.3% of the women reported they had bought sex at some point of time in their life. Among men...
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Sex at age 12 okay under law change
Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times; 5/23/2004; ; 700+ words
; Outrage at plans to lower age of consent SEX BETWEEN children as young as 12 will be allowed...Bill is designed to repeal our outdated sex laws but critics are furious at a new section that would allow sex between teenage couples. The new law would...
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One-sex schools can be an option; Change made to Title IX.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/4/2004; 700+ words
; ...notice said. Under the changes, "a single-sex class for each sex, in the same subject, generally is not required...school survey of parents and students of both sexes could justify a single-sex class. "If the results of the survey show a...
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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Sex-offender laws called ineffective: Study: No evidence monitoring works.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 9/13/2007; 700+ words
; ...federal laws intended to monitor released sex offenders and protect the public "may cause...Wednesday contends. Laws restricting where such sex offenders can live and requiring widespread...not been shown to reduce the number of new sex crimes, the report says, but rather result...
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 "Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA)")
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Sex is better than scotch.
Newspaper article from: Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA); 10/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...people 40-plus are having more sex than they used to _ certainly...percent got biological help having sex. Now, 10 percent is huge...aggravation and humiliation. Both sexes online are willing to cop to...created truly unreal views of sex. A couple looks at each other...
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Sex Ratio Variation in Iberian Pigs
Magazine article from: Genetics; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT Within the area of sex allocation, one of the topics that has attracted a lot of attention is the sex ratio problem. FISHER (1930) proposed...Fisher's theory remains doubtful because a sex ratio of 0.50 is also expected from the...
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Sex differences in the genetic risk for alcoholism.
Magazine article from: Alcohol Research & Health; 12/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...development do not differ between the sexes. In this case, the same genetic...women to alcoholism, but other sex-specific genetic and/or...the alcoholic are of the same sex than when they are of different sexes. Sex-specific differences in etiology...
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 "SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL)")
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Sex offender laws need re-examination
Newspaper article from: SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL); 3/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...matter. Good point. Adults paying for sex ought to be a private matter, but when...attorney general, he didn't consider paid sex private. He's one of many politicians...advocate of punishing any adult who had sex with minors. "They're sick people...
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Sex Determination
Book article from: Genetics
Sex Determination Sex determination refers to the mechanisms employed by organisms to produce offspring that are of two different sexes. First we present an overview of the sex determination mechanisms used by mammals. Then we discuss...
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Sex Hormones Tests
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Sex Hormones Tests Definition Sex hormones tests measure levels of the sex hormones, including estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. Purpose The sex hormone tests are ordered to determine if secretion of these hormones is normal. Estrogen...
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Sex Roles
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
Sex roles Sets of attributes, including attitudes...behaviors that are defined as appropriate for each sex. Men and women are different not only in anatomy...biologically determined. For example, the male sex hormone testosterone is believed to be the...
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Sex Differences
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
...most basic question of sex differences is whether the differences between the sexes are a result of our sex chromosomes, and genetic...they are technically both sexes. After the embryonic development of the sex glands, hormones , which...
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Sex Education
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
SEX EDUCATION SEX EDUCATION. The movement for sex education, also at times known as sexuality education, began in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dr. Prince Morrow developed the impetus for some of the...
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