transsexual

Japanese: transsexual
transsexual

...This is called sex change, and the surgery is called sex change surgery. This surgery is intended for people with hermaphroditism, which is a physical sexual abnormality, and people with a psychological sexual abnormality who wish to change their gender (transsexuals). There are two types of hermaphroditism: true hermaphroditism and pseudohermaphroditism. In the former, surgery is performed to remove the testicles or ovaries and form a vulva.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "transsexual" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これを性転換と呼び,その手術を性転換手術という。本手術は肉体的な性の異常である半陰陽と,精神的な性の異常である性転換願望者(トランスセクシュアルtranssexual)が対象として考えられる。半陰陽には真性半陰陽と仮性半陰陽があるが,前者では睾丸あるいは卵巣を摘出し外陰部を形成する手術を行う。…

※「transsexual」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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