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Enum: PATOBiologicalSexEnum

An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ability to undergo sexual reproduction. Derived from PATO biological sex (PATO:0000047) and phenotypic sex (PATO:0001894) child values.

URI: valuesets:PATOBiologicalSexEnum

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Permissible Values

Value Title Meaning Description
FEMALE female PATO:0000383 A biological sex quality inhering in an individual or population that only produces gametes that can be fertilised by male gametes
MALE male PATO:0000384 A biological sex quality inhering in an individual or population whose sex organs contain only male gametes
HERMAPHRODITE hermaphrodite PATO:0001340 A biological sex quality inhering in an organism or population with both male and female sexual organs in one individual
MALE_WITH_DSD male with DSD PATO:0040049 A male of a non-hermaphroditic species with ambiguous or atypical congenital development of the reproductive system
FEMALE_WITH_DSD female with DSD PATO:0040056 A female of a non-hermaphroditic species with ambiguous or atypical congenital development of the reproductive system
PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITE pseudohermaphrodite PATO:0001827 Having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex

Slots

Name Description
pato_biological_sex Biological sex quality of an organism (PATO phenotypic sex)

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets

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name: PATOBiologicalSexEnum
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's
  ability to undergo sexual reproduction. Derived from PATO biological sex (PATO:0000047)
  and phenotypic sex (PATO:0001894) child values.
title: Biological Sex (PATO)
from_schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  FEMALE:
    text: FEMALE
    description: A biological sex quality inhering in an individual or population
      that only produces gametes that can be fertilised by male gametes
    meaning: PATO:0000383
    title: female
  MALE:
    text: MALE
    description: A biological sex quality inhering in an individual or population
      whose sex organs contain only male gametes
    meaning: PATO:0000384
    title: male
  HERMAPHRODITE:
    text: HERMAPHRODITE
    description: A biological sex quality inhering in an organism or population with
      both male and female sexual organs in one individual
    meaning: PATO:0001340
    title: hermaphrodite
  MALE_WITH_DSD:
    text: MALE_WITH_DSD
    description: A male of a non-hermaphroditic species with ambiguous or atypical
      congenital development of the reproductive system
    meaning: PATO:0040049
    title: male with DSD
    comments:
    - DSD = disorders/differences of sexual development/differentiation
  FEMALE_WITH_DSD:
    text: FEMALE_WITH_DSD
    description: A female of a non-hermaphroditic species with ambiguous or atypical
      congenital development of the reproductive system
    meaning: PATO:0040056
    title: female with DSD
    comments:
    - DSD = disorders/differences of sexual development/differentiation
  PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITE:
    text: PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITE
    description: Having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual
      characteristics of the other sex
    meaning: PATO:0001827
    title: pseudohermaphrodite