cissexual

or cis-sex·u·al

[sis-sek-shoo-uh l or, esp. British, -seks-yoo-]

adjective

noting or relating to a person who is comfortable with having the physical characteristics of that person’s biological sex.

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noun

a person who is cissexual.

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Compare transsexual.

Origin of cissexual

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

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