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† tranˈsexion Obs. rare.
[irreg. f. trans- + L. sex-us sex + -ion1, after connexion, etc.]
Change of sex.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xvii. 147 Not only Mankinde, but many other Animals, may suffer this transexion, we will not deny, or hold it at all impossible. Ibid. 148 Surely it much impeacheth this iterated transexion of Hares, if that be true which Cardan and other Physitians affirm, that Transmutation of sex is only so in opinion. |