sex reassignment surgery

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sex reassignment surgery (countable and uncountable, plural sex reassignment surgeries) (abbreviated SRS)

  1. (transgender, sometimes proscribed) Surgical procedure that alters a person's sexual characteristics to conform to one's 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: see Thesaurus:gender-affirming surgery

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