cissexual

or cis-sex·u·al

[ sis-sek-shoo-uhlor, especially British, -seks-yoo- ]

adjective

1. noting or relating to a person who is comfortable with having the physical characteristics of the sex that person was assigned at birth.

noun

1. a person who is cissexual.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cissexual¹

First recorded in 2000–05; cis- ( def 3 ) + sexual; modeled on transsexual ( def )