n :  a person with a psychological urge to belong to the opposite sex that may be carried to the point of undergoing surgery to modify the sex organs to mimic the opposite sex transsexual adj trans*sex*u*al*ism n trans*sex*u*al*i*ty n pl  -ties  
 
   
 
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