transsexual surgery
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6.6
- noun
- /trænˈsɛkʃuəl ˈsɜrʤəri/
- Archaic
:
cirugía transsexual
- Many individuals seek transsexual surgery as a crucial step in their gender transition process.
Examples
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There are three major centers for transsexual surgery.
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Doctors trained in transsexual surgery perform procedures that align physical characteristics with gender identity.
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The clinic specializes in transsexual surgery to help patients transition more comfortably.
Synonyms
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4.2
A medical operation and hormone treatment to make a person's body match the gender they feel
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5.7
Medical treatment with surgery and hormones that helps a person live as a different gender
A medical treatment that gives body chemicals to transgender people to cause body changes matching their gender identity
How Invasive
- Archaic
1
6.6
- Specialized
14
3.9
- Specialized
4
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'transsexual' (a person whose gender identity differs from birth sex) + 'surgery' (a medical operation) clearly denotes surgical procedures for transsexual people, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the meaning. There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift and similar phrasing exists in other languages, so the expression is transparent.
Etymology
Transsexual surgery comes from the parts trans, which means 'change' or 'across', and sexual, which means 'sex', creating a clear image of moving from one sex to another. So, the name was used for operations that change a person's body to match the other sex, and today it means surgery people may have to help them live as that sex.