Meanings
plural sex reassignment surgeries · abbreviation SRS
- countableproscribedsometimesuncountableSurgical procedure that alters a person's sexual characteristics to conform to what would be typical for their identified gender, particularly for transgender people, or to conform to societal standards for intersex people to present in a dyadic fashion, the latter often done without consent.
Synonyms: gender affirmation surgery, gender confirmation surgery, gender realignment surgery, gender reallocation surgery, gender reassignment surgery, sex change, sex-change operation, sexual reassignment surgery
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSurgical procedure that alters a person's sexual characteristics to conform to what would be typical for their identified gender, particularly for transgender people, or to conform to societal standards for intersex people to present in a dyadic fashion, the latter often done without consent.
Translations
Arabic جِرَاحَة إِعَادَة تَحْدِيد الجِنْس
- جِرَاحَة إِعَادَة تَحْدِيد الجِنْسsurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
Chinese Mandarin 性別重置手術 /性别重置手术, 性別置換手術 /性别置换手术
- 性別重置手術 /性别重置手术 (xìngbié chóngzhì shǒushù)surgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
- 性別置換手術 /性别置换手术 (xìngbié zhìhuàn shǒushù)surgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
- 性別肯定手術 /性别肯定手术 (xìngbié kěndìng shǒushù)surgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
- 變性手術 /变性手术 (biànxìng shǒushù)surgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
Finnish sukuelinten korjausleikkaus
- sukuelinten korjausleikkaussurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
French chirurgie de réattribution sexuelle, chirurgie de réassignation sexuelle
- chirurgie de réattribution sexuellesurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
- chirurgie de réassignation sexuellesurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
German Geschlechtsumwandlungsoperation
- Geschlechtsumwandlungsoperationsurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
Hebrew ניתוח לשינוי מין
- ניתוח לשינוי מין (nitúakh leshinúi min)surgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
Hungarian nemi megerősítő műtét, nemi helyreállító műtét
- nemi megerősítő műtétsurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
- nemi helyreállító műtétsurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
- nemi átalakító műtétsurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
Italian chirurgia di riassegnazione del sesso
- chirurgia di riassegnazione del sessosurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
Japanese 性別適合手術
- 性別適合手術 (seibetsu tekigō shujutsu)surgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
Polish operacja korekty płci
- operacja korekty płcisurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
Portuguese cirurgia de redesignação sexual
- cirurgia de redesignação sexualsurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
Romanian operație de schimbare de sex, operație de schimbare a sexului
- operație de schimbare de sexsurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
- operație de schimbare a sexuluisurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
Russian хирургическая коррекция пола
- хирургическая коррекция пола (xirurgičeskaja korrekcija pola)surgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
Spanish cirugía de reasignación de sexo
- cirugía de reasignación de sexosurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
Turkish cinsiyet değiştirme ameliyatı
- cinsiyet değiştirme ameliyatısurgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard
Cite this entry
sex reassignment surgery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex%20reassignment%20surgery
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