ʃu noun
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.
adjective
3.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of transsexuals.
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transsexual or transexual (trænzˈsɛksjʊəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person who permanently acts the part of and completely identifies with the opposite sex |
| 2. | a person who has undergone medical and surgical procedures to alter external sexual characteristics to those of the opposite sex |
| transexual or transexual | |
| —n | |
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Medical Dictionary
transsexual trans·sex·u·al (trāns-sěk'sh&oomacr;-əl)
n.
A person with the external genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics of one sex, but whose personal identification and psychosocial configuration is that of the opposite sex.
A person who has undergone a sex change.
Of or relating to such a person.
Relating to medical and surgical procedures designed to alter a person's external sexual characteristics so they resemble those of the opposite sex.
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