Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sex reassignment surgery

/ˈsɛks.ɹɪəˈsaɪnmənt ˈsɚ.d͡ʒɚ.i/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables
sex re-as-sign-men-t -surgery
IPA
/ˈsɛks.ɹɪəˈsaɪnmənt ˈsɚ.d͡ʒɚ.i/
36
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsɛks.ɹɪəˈsaɪnmənt ˈsɚ.d͡ʒɚ.i/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sex reassignment surgeries (plural) SRS (abbreviation)

Frequently Paired Words

hormone replacement therapy facial feminization surgery facial masculinization surgery

Synonyms

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

Questions

How do you pronounce sex reassignment surgery?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛks.ɹɪəˈsaɪnmənt ˈsɚ.d͡ʒɚ.i/.
What does sex reassignment surgery mean?
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.

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