English

Noun

DSD ‎(plural DSDs)

1. Disorder of sex development.
   • 2015, Claire Ainsworth, ‘Sex redefined’, Nature, vol. 518, issue 7539:

     A DSD called congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), for example, causes the body to produce excessive amounts of male sex hormones; XX individuals with this condition are born with ambiguous genitalia (an enlarged clitoris and fused labia that resemble a scrotum).

Proper noun

DSD

1. Defence Signals Directorate, an Australian government intelligence agency responsible for signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information security (INFOSEC).

See also

• ASIO
• ASIS
• DIGO
• DIO
• ONA

Anagrams

• DDS , D.D.S.