sex reassignment surgery
noun [ U ] /ˌseks ˌriː.əˈsaɪn.mənt ˌsɜː.dʒər.i/ /ˌseks ˌriː.əˈsaɪn.mənt ˌsɝː.dʒər.i/ (abbreviation SRS)
变性手术
a medical operation, or series of operations, that gives a transgender person the physical characteristics of the gender (= sex) that they feel they belong to
In 1946, Gillies carried out the first female-to-male sex reassignment surgery. 1946年，吉利斯进行了第一个从女性到男性的变性手术。
The male chromosomes do not change with either hormonal treatment or sex reassignment surgery 男性染色体不会因为荷尔蒙治疗或变性手术而改变。
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- She has not yet decided whether to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
- Sex reassignment surgery is a major operation and the cultural shift from presenting as male to presenting as female is a major change of lifestyle.
- Sex reassignment surgery consists of processes transsexual women and men take in order to match their anatomical sex to their gender identity.