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sex reassignment

sex reassignment

a process, involving hormone treatment and surgery, in which a person’s sex characteristics are changed to conform to that person’s sense of gender identity, particularly in cases of transsexualism. Also called gender reassignment; sex change; sexual reassignment. See also gender dysphoria; gender identity disorder.

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