"sex change" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sex changes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sex change (plural sex changes)
  1. A change in sex, either natural or artificial. Wikipedia link: sex change Categories (topical): LGBT, Transgender Synonyms: transexion [obsolete], sex reassignment surgery Translations (change in sex): kønsskifte [neuter] (Danish), kynsrætting [feminine] (Faroese), sukupuolenvaihdos (Finnish), changement de sexe (French), Geschlechtsumwandlung [feminine] (German), kynleiðrétting [feminine] (Icelandic), 性転換 (seitenkan) (alt: せいてんかん) (Japanese), 성전환 (seongjeonhwan) (alt: 性轉換) (Korean), schimbare de sex [feminine] (Romanian), cambio de sexo [masculine] (Spanish), könskorrigering [common-gender] (Swedish), könsbyte [neuter] (Swedish)

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