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Transgender Medicine Terminology Flashcards

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Agendered

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Individuals identifying as having no gender identity.

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Amenorrhea

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The absence of menstruation.

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Antiandrogens

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Androgen-lowering medications

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BMI

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Body mass index

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Cisgender

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A term for those who feel that their sex and gender identity align with one another.

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Free tissue transfer

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Transfer of tissue from one part of the body to another.

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FTM

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Transmen (female-to-male)

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GD

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Gender dysphoria

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Gender

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A complex term describing the legal and societal implications regarding male/female status

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Gender fluid

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Having different gender identities at different times

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Gender identity

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Describes how an individual chooses to express how one feels on the inside (behavior, appearance, etc.)

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Gender reassignment

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An official (usually legal) change of gender.

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Gender-atypical or gender-nonconforming

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Refers to physical features or behaviors that are not typical of individuals with the same assigned gender within a given society.

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Genderqueer/non-binary/gender variant/gender diverse

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Refers to a spectrum of gender identities that are not exclusively male or female.

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GID

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Gender identity disorder

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GnRH

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone

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Gynecomastia

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Enlarged Breast tissue in males

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Mastodynia

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Breast pain

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Menarche

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The time of a female’s first menstrual bleed

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MTF

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Transwomen (male-to-female)

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Precocious puberty

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Pubertal onset at an age below the average age of onset of puberty (approximately 8 years old in females and 9 years old in males)

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Primary sex characteristics

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The changes in the sexual organs associated with puberty.

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Pubarche

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The first appearance of pubic hair, axillary hair, apocrine body odor, and/or acne

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Replantation

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Reattachment of severed tissue

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Secondary sex characteristics

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The visible changes in height, body shape, facial and body hair, etc. associated with puberty

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Sex (natal or birth-assigned)

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The label (male or female) assigned to a person at birth based on physical characteristics

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Spermarche

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The time of a male’s first sperm production

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SSI

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Surgical site infection

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Transgender

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A term for those who feel that their sex and gender identity do not align with one another.

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