Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sex-change operation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English

Syllables: sex-change -op-er-a-tion
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sex reassignment surgery (as performed for example on a trans person or intersex newborn.)

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

sex-change operations (plural)

Synonyms

transsexual surgery

Questions

What does sex-change operation mean?: Sex reassignment surgery (as performed for example on a trans person or intersex newborn.)

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