The nurse is told that a patient believes he was born into the wrong body. What is the correct terminology for the desire to have the body of the opposite sex?
a. Homosexuality
b. Transsexualism
c. Heterosexuality
d. Bisexuality
ANS: B
Transsexualism is a persistent desire to be the opposite sex and to have the body of the opposite sex.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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