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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•sex•u•al /trænsˈsɛkʃuəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Psychologyone who desires to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- Psychologyone who has undergone a medical operation and taken hormones to achieve this purpose.
adj. - Psychologyof or relating to transsexuals.
trans•sex•u•al•ism, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•sex•u•al (trans sek′sho̅o̅ əl),USA pronunciation n. - Medicinea person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- Medicinea person who has undergone hormone treatment and surgery to attain the physical characteristics of the opposite sex.
adj. - of, pertaining to, or characteristic of transsexuals.
- trans- + sexual, origin, originally in transsexualism (coined in 1953) 1955–60
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