asexual

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It’s apparently an acronym for Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, with the + covering anybody who feels left out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Asexual replication in humans is what causes the symptoms of malaria, but to transmit, parasites have to develop and become either a male or female reproductive cell, known as a gametocyte.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2024

Asexual or “ace” is a sexuality spectrum of people who experience little to no sexual attraction to anyone.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Asexual versions of Toxoplasma are relatively easy to grow in the lab.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 30, 2023

Asexual, a-seks′ū-al, adj. without sex, once applied to cryptogams—agamic.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various