Gender

**Semantic type:** Organism Attribute

**Definition:** Characteristics of people that are socially constructed, including norms, behaviors, and roles based on sex. As a social construct, gender varies from society to society and can change over time. (Adapted from WHO.) IMPORTANT NOTICE: The NCI Thesaurus contains biomedical terminologies that NCI does not own or control. This concept contains gender-related content that does not comply with Executive Order 14168.

**Synonyms:** - gender - gender - gender