metoidioplasty

[me-toi-dee-oh-plas-tee]

noun

plural

metoidioplasties 

1. a type of gender confirmation surgery in which a transgender person's clitoris, after having been enlarged by hormone replacement therapy, is cut free of the surrounding ligaments and formed into a small penis using tissue from the vulva.

Word History and Origins

Origin of metoidioplasty¹

First recorded in 1990–95; met(a)- ( def. ) + irregular derivative of Greek aidoîon “genitals” + -i- ( def. ) + -o- ( def. ) + -plasty ( def. )

Example Sentences

Some of us have a micropenis from metoidioplasty.

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