transsexual

transsexual
/trans sek"shooh euhl/, n.
1. a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
2. a person who has undergone hormone treatment and surgery to attain the physical characteristics of the opposite sex.
adj.
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of transsexuals.
[1955-60; TRANS- + SEXUAL, orig. in transsexualism (coined in 1953)]

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