gender reassignment

1. the changing of an individual’s label as male or female because of incorrect gender assignment at birth, due to the presence of anomalous genitalia (as in intersex).

2. see sex reassignment.

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July 27th 2024

trinucleotide repeat

a contiguous repetition of the same three nucleotides within a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA). The occurrence of extra trinucleotide repeats in certain genes causes dysfunction, inluding Huntington’s disease and fragile X syndrome.