bottom surgery

noun

plural bottom surgeries

: a type of gender confirmation surgery in which a person's genitalia are altered to align with their gender identity

Connecticut's law has required an individual to have bottom surgery before amending a birth certificate … . The new bill will authorize the issuance of birth certificates …—

Martha Hollister and Tikeyah Whittle

More transgender people in the US are opting for bottom surgery, a report from one of the country's leading medical schools has revealed.—

Jasmine Andersson

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The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), an international body of experts that writes the standards of gender-affirming care, states that patients must be of the age of majority in order to undergo bottom surgery. —

James Factora, Them, 9 Sep. 2024 There are two bottom surgery procedures available that can help achieve that goal: metoidioplasty and phalloplasty. —

Quispe López, Them, 19 July 2024 Looking forward, Henson counts down the days until his final set of surgical procedures, a genital reconstruction process commonly called bottom surgery. —

Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 14 Sep. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bottom surgery was in 1994

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“Bottom surgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20surgery. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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