1Relating to or denoting interaction or transfer between a female and a male.
female-to-male sexual transmission
Example sentencesExamples
These data force a recognition that female-to-male violence must be included in any discussion.
The female-to-male infection rate is less than 5% a year.
None of the three articles in the BMJ even allude to female-to-male domestic violence.
Women are three times more vulnerable to HIV infection than men (male-to-female HIV transmission during sex is about twice as likely to occur as female-to-male transmission).
Despite the much lower probability of physical injury resulting from female-to-male attacks, assaults by women are serious and put them in greater danger of being severely assaulted by their partners.
2Denoting or relating to a person whose birth sex is female and who subsequently adopts the identity or appearance of a male, especially one who has undergone gender reassignment.
female-to-male transsexuals
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But it will never be used for female-to-male sex change operations as women do not have the required cells.
Last month the Family Court upheld the validity of a marriage between a post-operative female-to-male transexual and his wife.
Later it was found he was a transgender person, who underwent female-to-male surgery earlier this year.
He's female-to-male, judging from the tags.
noun
A person whose birth sex is female and who subsequently adopts the identity or appearance of a male, especially one who has undergone gender reassignment.
the programme follows two male-to-females and two female-to-males as they transition from one gender to the other
Example sentencesExamples
Successful post-op female-to-males are men.
Research on female-to-males attracted to men shows that they do not fit as easily into the reductionistic typology.
Additionally, transgender female-to-males use testosterone supplements as one of the steps to becoming male.
Definition of female-to-male in US English:
female-to-male
adjective
1Relating to or denoting interaction or transfer between a female and a male.
female-to-male sexual transmission
Example sentencesExamples
Despite the much lower probability of physical injury resulting from female-to-male attacks, assaults by women are serious and put them in greater danger of being severely assaulted by their partners.
These data force a recognition that female-to-male violence must be included in any discussion.
Women are three times more vulnerable to HIV infection than men (male-to-female HIV transmission during sex is about twice as likely to occur as female-to-male transmission).
None of the three articles in the BMJ even allude to female-to-male domestic violence.
The female-to-male infection rate is less than 5% a year.
2Denoting or relating to a person whose birth sex is female and who subsequently adopts the identity or appearance of a male, especially one who has undergone gender reassignment.
female-to-male transsexuals
Example sentencesExamples
Later it was found he was a transgender person, who underwent female-to-male surgery earlier this year.
Last month the Family Court upheld the validity of a marriage between a post-operative female-to-male transexual and his wife.
He's female-to-male, judging from the tags.
But it will never be used for female-to-male sex change operations as women do not have the required cells.
noun
A person whose birth sex is female and who subsequently adopts the identity or appearance of a male, especially one who has undergone gender reassignment.
the show follows two male-to-females and two female-to-males as they transition from one gender to the other
Example sentencesExamples
Research on female-to-males attracted to men shows that they do not fit as easily into the reductionistic typology.
Additionally, transgender female-to-males use testosterone supplements as one of the steps to becoming male.