gender reassignment
noun[CorU]
uk/ˌdʒen.də ˌriː.əˈsaɪn.mənt/us/ˌdʒen.dɚ ˌriː.əˈsaɪn.mənt/aprocess, sometimesincludingmedicaloperations, by which someone’ssexischangedfrommaletofemaleorfemaletomaletomatchtheirgender:
She was the firstpersonin thecountryto publicyundergogenderreassignment.
Thetownbecameknownforitsgenderreassignmentclinic.
Aspartofgenderreassignment, hebegantakinghormones.
See also
reassignment
Medical treatment: surgery
- a nip and tuckidiom
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputation
- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- excise
- implantation
- incision
- interoperative
- intraoperative
- knife
- laminectomy
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
- splenectomy
- spreader
- stereotactic
- transfusion