ˈsex change
1sex change — sex′ change n. srg the alteration, by surgery and hormone treatments, of a person s morphological sex characteristics to approximate those of the opposite sex • Etymology: 1975–80 …
2sex change — n [C usually singular] a medical operation or treatment which changes someone s body so that they look like someone of the other sex …
3sex-change — sexˈ change adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑sex …
4sex change — sex ,change noun count a medical operation or series of operations that change a man into a woman or a woman into a man …
5Sex change — ex change in animalsSome species are known to change sex, including reproductive functions, in special circumstances, such as the clownfish. A school of clownfish is always built into a hierarchy with a female fish at the top. When she dies, the… …
6sex change — noun a change in a person s physical sexual characteristics (as by surgery and hormone treatments) • Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alteration, ↑modification * * * the alteration, by surgery and hormone treatments, of a person s morphological sex… …
7sex change — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sex change : singular sex change plural sex changes a medical operation or series of operations that change a man into a woman or a woman into a man …
8sex change — , sex reversal. Incompletely understood (and not well documented) phenomenon in which a male plant becomes a female plant, or vice versa …
9Sex change (disambiguation) — In popular discourse, sex change may refer to: *Sex reassignment therapy *Sex reassignment surgerySex change may also refer to: * In Biology, the natural occurrence, in some species of animals, of changing from one sex to another. See Sequential… …
10sex change — /ˈsɛks tʃeɪndʒ/ (say seks chaynj) noun a change in physical appearance, aided by surgery and hormone therapy, which enables a person to live as a member of the opposite sex …
