Complete Definition of "sex reassignment surgery"

English
Noun
sex reassignment surgery (uncountable)

#A collective term for a host of surgical techniques that adjust genitalia and other physical sex characteristics in order to achieve a (usually normative) result, typically employed by transsexuals and sometimes the intersex to achieve anatomy conforming to their sexual identity|sexual identities. Abbreviation: SRS

Synonyms
gender reassignment surgery
gender confirmation surgery
sex change, sex change operation

See also
gender identity disorder
labiaplasty
mastectomy
orchidectomy
phalloplasty
transsexuality
vaginoplasty

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