"gender-affirming surgery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gender-affirming surgeries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gender-affirming surgery (countable and uncountable, plural gender-affirming surgeries)
  1. (transgender) A surgical procedure that alters a person's physical sexual characteristics to conform with their gender identity. Wikipedia link: gender-affirming surgery Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Intersex, Surgery, Transgender Synonyms: gender-affirming surgery, gender affirmation surgery, gender confirmation surgery, gender realignment surgery, gender reallocation surgery, gender reassignment surgery [dated, proscribed], sex change [dated, proscribed], sex-change operation [dated, proscribed], sex reassignment surgery [dated, often, proscribed], sexual reassignment surgery [dated, proscribed] Hypernyms: gender transition Hyponyms: bottom surgery, top surgery
    Sense id: en-gender-affirming_surgery-en-noun-mnCj43W9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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