sex-change operation
sex-change operation · sex-change operations
Sex reassignment surgerySex reassignment surgery (as performed for example on a trans person or intersex newborn.)
Meaning
1 senses(countable, dated, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable)Sex reassignment surgery (as performed for example on a trans person or intersex newborn.)
More definitions
- surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that they resemble those of the opposite sex
Forms
plural: sex-change operations| Singular | sex-change operation |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that they resemble those of the opposite sex:transsexual surgery
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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