sex reassignment

noun

variants also sexual reassignment

: gender reassignment

In the conventional narrative about sex reassignment, a person is so sure from such a young age that he or she inhabits the wrong body that a surgically corrected self is a lifelong dream.

—Lisa Miller, New York Magazine

…} he metamorphosed into a woman through exhaustive estrogen therapy, electrolysis on every last facial hair follicle, and sex reassignment surgery.

—Noelle Howey, Ms.