Transsexualism
noun
1.
a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
2.
a person who has undergone hormone treatment and surgery to attain the physical characteristics of the opposite sex.
adjective
3.
of, relating to, or characteristic of transsexuals.
transsexualism
/trænzˈsɛksjʊəˌlɪzəm/
noun
1.
a strong desire to change sex
noun
1.
a person who permanently acts the part of and completely identifies with the opposite sex
2.
a person who has undergone medical and surgical procedures to alter external sexual characteristics to those of the opposite sex
transsexualism trans·sex·u·al·ism (trāns-sěk’shōō-ə-lĭz’əm)
n.
The state of being a transsexual.
The desire to change one’s anatomic sexual characteristics to conform physically with one’s perception of self as a member of the opposite sex.
transsexual trans·sex·u·al (trāns-sěk’shōō-əl)
n.
A person with the external genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics of one sex, but whose personal identification and psychosocial configuration is that of the opposite sex.
A person who has undergone a sex change.
adj.
Of or relating to such a person.
Relating to medical and surgical procedures designed to alter a person’s external sexual characteristics so they resemble those of the opposite sex.
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