sex reassignment surgeries

Noun

sex reassignment surgery (countable and uncountable, plural sex reassignment surgeries, abbreviation SRS)

1. (proscribed, sometimes) Surgical procedure that alters a person's sexual characteristics to conform to what would be typical for their identified gender, particularly for transgender people, or to conform to societal standards for intersex people to present in a dyadic fashion, the latter often done without consent.

   Synonyms:

   gender affirmation surgery, gender confirmation surgery, gender realignment surgery, gender reallocation surgery, gender reassignment surgery, sex change, sex-change operation, sexual reassignment surgery