Gender reassignment is the process of changing a person's physical sexual characteristics from male to female or from female to male with an operation and other medical procedures.
gender reassignment in British English
noun
male-to-female or female-to-male transformation involving surgery and hormone treatment
Examples of 'gender reassignment' in a sentence
gender reassignment
Nearly all of the gender reassignment surgery involved patients born male.
The Sun (2015)
She had not undergone gender reassignment surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This sober documentary looks at how her quest for gender reassignment surgery has affected her and her supportive family.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She said that doctors were increasingly understanding the diversity of the condition and that full gender reassignment surgery was not the only option.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
His final gender reassignment surgery in 2012 included a hysterectomy.
The Sun (2015)
In February football chiefs said players who could not prove they were female could compete after completing gender reassignment surgery.
The Sun (2015)
She's planning gender reassignment surgery.
The Sun (2011)
During his gender reassignment surgery six years earlier, he had kept his womb intact so that he could carry his own embryos.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She had full gender reassignment surgery on her 16th birthday, making her the youngest person in the country to undergo the procedure.