Sex change in animals Some species are known to change sex, including reproductive functions, in special circumstances, such as the clownfish. A school of
clownfish is always built into a
hierarchy with a female fish at the top. When she dies, the most dominant male changes sex and takes her place. See
Hermaphrodite for more details.
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For specialized articles on surgical procedures, see
Sex reassignment surgery male-to-female and
Sex reassignment surgery female-to-male. Sex reassignment surgery (SRS), gender reassignment surgery, or sex-change operation is a term for the
surgical procedures by which a person's physical appearance and function of their existing sexual characteristics are altered to resemble that of the other
sex. It is part of a treatment for
gender identity disorder in
transsexual and
transgender people. It may also be performed on
intersex people, often in infancy. Other terms for SRS include gender reassignment surgery, sex reconstruction surgery, genital reconstruction surgery, gender confirmation surgery, and more recently sex affirmation surgery. The commonly used terms
sex change or sex change operation are considered factually inaccurate. The terms feminizing genitoplasty and masculinizing genitoplasty are used medically.
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