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trans·sex·u·al T0324600 (trăns-sĕk′sho͞o-əl) adj. Relating to or being a person who has undergone medical treatment to change their body to match their gender identity. n. Often Offensive A person who is transsexual. See Usage Note at transgender.transsexual (trænzˈsɛksjʊəl) or transexualn1. (Psychiatry) a person who permanently acts the part of and completely identifies with the opposite sex2. (Surgery) a person who has undergone medical and surgical procedures to alter external sexual characteristics to those of the opposite sextrans•sex•u•al (trænsˈsɛk ʃu əl) n. 1. a person who strongly desires to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex. 2. a person who has undergone surgical and hormonal treatment for this purpose. adj. 3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of transsexuals. [1955–60; trans- + sexual, orig. in transsexualism (1953)] trans•sex′u•al•ism, trans•sex`u•al′i•ty, n. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | transsexual - a person who has undergone a sex change operationtransexualunusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual | | 2. | transsexual - a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sextransexualindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" | Adj. | 1. | transsexual - overwhelmingly desirous of being, or completely identifying with, the opposite sexhomosexual - sexually attracted to members of your own sex | Translationstranssexual
transsexual, transexual1. a person who permanently acts the part of and completely identifies with the opposite sex 2. a person who has undergone medical and surgical procedures to alter external sexual characteristics to those of the opposite sex transsexual a person who experiences a profound and constant dislocation between his or her physiological sex and his or her ascribed GENDER. Sometimes there is a desire to change physiological sex so that this comes into line with subjective feelings of gender identity The term ‘transsexual’ was introduced in 1953.transsexual[tran′sek·shə·wəl] (psychology) An individual whose chromosomes, gonads, and body habitus mark that individual as a member of one sex, but who feels psychically to be of the other sex, with an overwhelming desire for sex reassignment through surgical and hormonal intervention. transsexual
transsexual [trans-sek´shoo-al] 1. a person affected by transsexualism.2. a person whose external anatomy has been changed to resemble that of the opposite sex.trans·sex·u·al (trans-sek'shū-ăl), Avoid the misspelling transexual.1. A person with the external genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics of one gender, but whose personal identification and psychosocial configuration are that of the opposite gender; a study of morphologic, genetic, and gonadal structure may be genitally congruent or incongruent. 2. Denoting or relating to such a person. 3. Relating to medical and surgical procedures designed to alter a patient's external sexual characteristics so that they resemble those of the opposite gender. transsexual (trăns-sĕk′sho͞o-əl)adj.1. Identifying as or having undergone medical treatment to become a member of the opposite sex.2. Of or relating to transsexual people.n. One who is transsexual.adjective Referring to transsexualism noun A person who manifests transsexuality—a disturbance of gender identity in which the person feels a life-long discomfort with his or her own sex and a compelling desire to be of the opposite sextranssexual adjective Referring to transsexual behavior noun A person manifesting transsexualism, see there. trans·sex·u·al (tranz-sek'shū-ăl) 1. A person with the external genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics of one sex, but whose personal identification and psychosocial configuration is that of the opposite sex; a study of morphologic, genetic, and gonadal structure may be genitally congruent or incongruent. 2. Denoting or relating to such a person. 3. Relating to medical and surgical procedures designed to alter a patient's external sexual characteristics so that they resemble those of the opposite sex. TranssexualA person with gender identity disorder who has an overwhelming desire to change anatomic sex; one who seeks hormonal or surgical treatment to change sex.Mentioned in: Gender Identity DisorderAcronymsSeetrisomytranssexual
Synonyms for transsexualnoun a person who has undergone a sex change operationSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sexSynonymsRelated Words- individual
- mortal
- person
- somebody
- someone
- soul
adj overwhelmingly desirous of being, or completely identifying with, the opposite sexRelated Words |