See missignal on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2008, Katrina Karkazis, Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority, and Lived Experience:",
"text": "At birth genitals are thus viewed as symbolically and literally revealing the truth of gender. At no time are the connections between genitals and gender more evident than when the genitalia of an infant either do not signal or else missignal sex.",
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