sex-change operation

Other forms: sex-change operations

Definitions of sex-change operation
  1. noun
    surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex
    synonyms: transsexual surgery
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    type of:
    operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
    a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
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