transexion
/tɹænˈsɛkʃən/
transexion noun: change of sex.
Noun
transexion (countable and uncountable, plural transexions)
- Change of sex.
- But surely it much impeacheth this iterated transexion of hares, if that be true which Cardan and other physicians affirm, that transmutation of sex is only so in opinion; and that these transfeminated persons were really men at first […]1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
- […] transexion or change from female to male, and hence "from imperfection to perfection"; the transmutation of species in closely allied animals and plants, as horses and asses, dogs and foxes, pheasants and cocks, barley and oats[…]1950, Osiris: 1950-1936/50
- Synonyms:
- sex change
Synonyms of transexion
Forms of transexion
| plural | transexions |
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Origin of transexion
From tran- + Latin sexus (“sex”) + -ion.
Questions about transexion
- What does transexion mean?
- Transexion means change of sex.
- What part of speech is transexion?
- Transexion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce transexion?
- Transexion is pronounced /tɹænˈsɛkʃən/.
- What is the plural of transexion?
- The plural of transexion is transexions.
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