mammaplasty Surg.
(ˈmæməplæstɪ)
Also mammo-.
[f. mamma2 + -plasty.]
Alteration of the shape or size of a breast by plastic surgery. Hence mammaˈplastic a.
| 1938 Revue de Chirurgie Structive VIII. 39 (heading) Review of 80 cases of mammaplasty. 1947 H. May Reconstructive & Reparative Surg. xvii. 397 (heading) Mamma⁓plastic procedures in the female. 1968 N.Y. Times 4 Apr. 26 He said the mammoplasty in the first case involved the transplant of adipose (fatty) tissue. 1969 C. Allen Textbk. Psychosexual Disorders (ed. 2) xii. 296 The procedures included..construction of a pro-vagina and mammoplasty. |