Dr. Bains discovers that when the male embryos she has been researching in the lab failed to receive a significant dose of testosterone at about six weeks of gestation, the genitalia fail to fuse to form a penis. If this embryo were carried to full term, what would the resulting infant be called today?

A) female
B) hermaphrodite
C) intersex
D) bisexual

Intersex

People do not fit conventional male or female sex categories. Often, intersex people do not have a sex chromosome that is XX or XY. Their genitals, reproductive system, and secondary sexual characteristics are not distinctly male or female in the conventional sense of the terms.

Testosterone

A steroid hormone produced primarily in the testes of males and the ovaries of females, playing a key role in the development of male reproductive tissues and secondary sexual characteristics.

Genitalia

The external and internal sex organs that are involved in the reproductive process.