2016年5月20日 星期五

transsexualism 1953, transsexual 1954, transgender, transgenic


transsexual

Pronunciation: /tranzˈsɛkʃʊəl/  
 /transˈsɛkʃʊəl/  
(also transexual)

NOUN

1A person who emotionally and psychologically feels that they belong to the opposite sex:a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual
1.1A person who has undergone treatment in order to acquire the physical characteristics of the opposite sex.

ADJECTIVE

Relating to a transsexual person:transsexual fantasies

Derivatives

transsexualism  1953

Pronunciation: /tranzˈsɛkʃʊəlɪz(ə)m/  /transˈsɛkʃʊəlɪz(ə)m/ 
NOUN

transsexuality

Pronunciation: /-sɛksjʊˈalɪti/ 
NOUN

transgenic

Pronunciation: /tranzˈdʒɛnɪk/  
 /trɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/  /transˈdʒɛnɪk/ /trɑːnsˈdʒɛnɪk/ 

ADJECTIVE

Biology
Relating to or denoting an organism that contains genetic material into which DNA from an unrelated organism has been artificially introduced:male transgenic micetransgenic foods raise numerous health safety questions

Derivatives

transgene

NOUN

Origin

1980s: from trans- 'across' gene -ic.

transgender

Pronunciation: /tranzˈdʒɛndə/  
 /transˈdʒɛndə/  
(also transgendered)

ADJECTIVE

Denoting or relating to a person whose sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex. Compare with cisgender.a transgender activist and authorthe series will chronicle a group of Chicago women united by the shared experience of being transgender

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