性せい転てん換かん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

sex change; gender reassignment

Medical and social term for changing one's physical sex characteristics. Often used with 手術 (surgery) or する (to undergo).

• 彼かの女じょは性せい転てん換かん手しゅ術じゅつを受うけた。

  She underwent sex reassignment surgery.

• 性せい転てん換かんするには長ながいプロセスが必ひつ要ようだ。

  Undergoing a sex change requires a long process.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

sex change (in animals); sequential hermaphroditism

Biological term for organisms that change sex during their life cycle, such as certain fish. Not used for human gender transition.

• クマノミは成せい長ちょうすると性せい転てん換かんすることで知しられている。

  Clownfish are known to undergo a sex change as they mature.