Sex-change
noun
1.
the alteration, by surgery and hormone treatments, of a person’s physical sex characteristics to approximate those of the opposite sex:
Born male, she now lives as a woman but has no plans for a sex change.
noun
1.
a change in a person’s physical sexual characteristics to those of the opposite sex, often achieved by surgery
(as modifier): a sex-change operation
sex change n.
The modification of biological sex characteristics, by surgery and hormone treatment, to approximate those of the opposite sex.
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