variants:
also sexual reassignment
Medical Definition of sex reassignment
: gender reassignment
In the conventional narrative about sex reassignment, a person is so sure from such a young age that he or she inhabits the wrong body that a surgically corrected self is a lifelong dream.— Lisa Miller, New York Magazine, 8 Sept. 2014 …} he metamorphosed into a woman through exhaustive estrogen therapy, electrolysis on every last facial hair follicle, and sex reassignment surgery.— Noelle Howey, Ms., October/November 1999
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“Sex reassignment.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/sex%20reassignment. Accessed 20 Oct. 2021.
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