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: transgender
The Affordable Care Act included trans health care in many places and that was a remarkable step in the right direction for trans people, but in some ways it still remained difficult to receive personalized and comprehensive transgender healthcare.—
Alexa Corazón
Alexa CorazónNote: While the word trans has been used as a shortened version of both transgender and transsexual, the word transsexual is dated and sometimes offensive. The word transgender is preferred.
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chemistry
: characterized by having certain groups of atoms on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of a double bond or of the plane of a ring in a molecule
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genetics
: relating to or being an arrangement of two very closely linked genes in the heterozygous condition in which one mutant allele and one wild-type allele are on each of the two homologous chromosomes compare cis sense 3
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: on or to the other side of : across : beyond
transatlantic
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a
: beyond (a specified chemical element) in the periodic table
transuranium
b
: trans
trans-dichloro-ethylene
compare cis- sense 2
3
: through
transcutaneous
4
: so or such as to change or transfer
transliterate
translocation
transamination
transship
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FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, in 2023, Japan’s Supreme Court struck down a 20-year-old statute mandating trans people to be surgically sterilized in order to change their legal gender marker.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
On hot-button issues, Sutton in 2022 was in the majority that voted to ban trans students from using their preferred bathrooms or from participating in sports teams that align with their gender identity.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
The trans-Atlantic automaker on Tuesday said the investments will add more than 5,000 jobs to its domestic workforce and increase domestic production by 50%.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
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Continue reading … IN OTHER NEWS TREND REVERSAL – Young adults abandoning trans identities in dramatic shift.
—FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, in 2023, Japan’s Supreme Court struck down a 20-year-old statute mandating trans people to be surgically sterilized in order to change their legal gender marker.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
On hot-button issues, Sutton in 2022 was in the majority that voted to ban trans students from using their preferred bathrooms or from participating in sports teams that align with their gender identity.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
The trans-Atlantic automaker on Tuesday said the investments will add more than 5,000 jobs to its domestic workforce and increase domestic production by 50%.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Trans.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trans. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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: characterized by or having certain groups of atoms on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of a double bond or of the plane of a ring in a molecule see all-trans
2
: relating to or being an arrangement of two very closely linked genes in the heterozygous condition in which one mutant allele and one wild-type allele are on each of the two homologous chromosomes compare cis sense 2
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