gender affirmation surgery

US/ˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ æfɝˈmeɪʃən ˈsɚ.d͡ʒɚ.i/

noun

Synonym of gender-affirming surgery.

Meanings

noungender affirmation surgery (countable and uncountable, plural gender affirmation surgeries)

plural gender affirmation surgeries

  1. countableuncountableSynonym of gender-affirming surgery.

    Gender-affirmation surgery is a rapidly growing field in plastic surgery, urologic surgery, and gynecologic surgery. […] However, the details of gender-affirmation surgery are less well-known to other surgical subspecialties and other medical subspecialties.

    2021, Arya Andre Akhavan, Shabaaz Sandhu, Idorenyin Ndem, Adeyemi A Ogunleye, “A review of gender affirmation surgery: What we know, and what we need to know”, in Surgery, volume 170, number 1, →DOI, →PMID, pages 336–340

    Synonyms: gender-affirming surgery

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of gender-affirming surgery.

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Chicago

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