Taber's Medical Dictionary
assigned female at birth
ABBR: AFAB The preferred phrase used to describe a transgendered individual who may have been formerly described as “transgendered, female-to-male.”
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Assigned Female at Birth." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/775845/all/assigned female at birth.
Assigned female at birth. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/775845/all/assigned female at birth. Accessed July 30, 2026.
Assigned female at birth. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/775845/all/assigned female at birth
Assigned Female at Birth [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 July 30]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/775845/all/assigned female at birth.
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