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Definition of Sex-change operation

1. Noun. Surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sex-change Operation

Literary usage of Sex-change operation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Public Scandals: Sexual Orientation and Criminal Law in Romania : a Report by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998)
"211 The first sex-change operation was performed in Romania in 1994. amid frenzied publicity. None has been performed since, though one doctor states that ..."

2. Copy Proof: A New Method for Design and Education by Gert Staal, Edith Gruson (2000)
"... dresses in women's clothes, spending hours making himself up and preening. He makes his decision. He wants a sex change operation. X writes himself 5. ..."

3. Hatred in the Hallways: Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay by Michael Bochenek, A. Widney Brown (2001)
""One teacher told the class that I'd had a sex change operation, but I hadn't," said Gerald A. "He was misinformed. It was rude of him. ..."

4. Transsexuals: Life from Both Sides by Lynn Hubschman (1999)
"When I first heard about the possibility of a sex-change operation, I knew it was for me. I didn't understand the difference between transsexual and ..."

5. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"The reason that Muhammad's theological sex-change operation on Venus was acceptable to Muslims is that a male Venus was not without precedent in Arabia. ..."

6. Taken for Grantedby Michael W. Paulson by Michael W. Paulson (2005)
"Unfortunately, Derek's medical records somehow got switched with someone admitted for a sex change operation, and..." "I'm suing that damn hospital, too! ..."

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