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SEX-CHANGE OPERATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sex-change operation mean?
• SEX-CHANGE OPERATION (noun)
The noun SEX-CHANGE OPERATION has 1 sense:
1. surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex
Familiarity information: SEX-CHANGE OPERATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
sex-change operation; transsexual surgery
Hypernyms ("sex-change operation" is a kind 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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