trans|sex|u|al

trans|sex|u|al
trans|sex|u|al «trans SEHK shu uhl», noun, adjective.
–n.
a person who is anatomically of one sex but who desires to belong to the opposite sex, especially by undergoing surgery to change his or her sexual organs.
–adj.
of or having to do with transsexuals or transsexualism.

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