sex reassignment surgery
Surgical procedure that alters a person's sexual characteristics to conform to what…Surgical procedure that alters a person's sexual characteristics to conform to what would be typical for their identified gender, particularly for transgender people, or to conform to societal standards for intersex people to present in a dyadic fashion, the latter often done without consent.
» "Tom and Mary are identical twins." "How's that possible? Has one of them undergone sex reassignment surgery?"
„Tom und Maria sind eineiige Zwillinge.“ – „Wie soll das möglich sein? Hat sich einer von beiden einer Geschlechtsumwandlung unterzogen?“ — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Examples
1 sentences"Tom and Mary are identical twins." "How's that possible? Has one of them undergone sex reassignment surgery?"
de„Tom und Maria sind eineiige Zwillinge.“ – „Wie soll das möglich sein? Hat sich einer von beiden einer Geschlechtsumwandlung unterzogen?“ — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Meaning
1 senses(countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable)Surgical procedure that alters a person's sexual characteristics to conform to what would be typical for their identified gender, particularly for transgender people, or to conform to societal standards for intersex people to present in a dyadic fashion, the latter often done without consent.
Geschlechtsumwandlungsoperation
хирургическая коррекция полаxirurgičeskaja korrekcija pola
Forms
plural: sex reassignment surgeriesSynonyms
8 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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