— transsexualism, transsexuality , n.
/trans sek"shooh euhl/ , n.
1. a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
2. a person who has undergone hormone treatment and surgery to attain the physical characteristics of the opposite sex.
adj.
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of transsexuals.
[ 1955-60; TRANS- + SEXUAL, orig. in transsexualism (coined in 1953) ]