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mammoplasty

American  
[mam-uh-plas-tee] / ˈmæm əˌplæs ti /

noun

Surgery.

  1. reconstruction or alteration in size or contour of the female breast.

Etymology

Origin of mammoplasty

First recorded in 1965–70; mamm(a) 2 + -o- + -plasty

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The medical costs can include hormones, facial surgery, hundreds of hours of electrolysis, mammoplasty, vocal surgery, voice training, and gender-confirmation surgery.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2018

So does another development, the perfection by Dr. Jon Olaf Strombeck of Stockholm of reduction mammoplasty, a technique for reducing the size of the breast.

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