Meanings
nounsex-change operation (countable and uncountable, plural sex-change operations)
plural sex-change operations
- countabledatedproscribedsometimesuncountableSex reassignment surgery (as performed for example on a trans person or intersex newborn.)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsurgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that they resemble those of the opposite sex
Similar
transsexual surgery
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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sex-change operation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex-change%20operation
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“sex-change operation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex-change%20operation. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sex-change operation,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex-change%20operation.
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