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transexual

transexual is the alternative spelling of transsexual.

Meaning of transsexual

Adjective

transsexual (comparative more transsexual, superlative most transsexual)

  1. (dated) Of a person, having changed, or being in the process of changing, physical sex by undergoing medical treatment, such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or optionally sex reassignment surgery (SRS).
  2. (dated) Of or relating to such a change.
    • "'I'm in the process of going through surgery, a transsexual operation.'" She [Sharon Davis] continued, "He [my partner] said that made no difference to him. And when he said that, just like that, I just stopped crying. I was so happy." They've been together ever since.1983 October 10, “Jet”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 31

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Forms of transexual

Adjective
comparativemore transexual
superlativemost transexual
Noun
pluraltransexuals

Questions about transexual

What is transexual the alternative spelling of?
Transexual is the alternative spelling of transsexual.

Words near transexual in the dictionary

  1. transex
  2. transexed
  3. transexion
  4. transexions
  5. transexonic
  6. transexual
  7. transexualities
  8. transexuality
  9. transexuals
  10. transexy
  11. transf

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Adapted from Wiktionary: transexual (page history and authors); transsexual (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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