phalloplasty

[fal-oh-plas-tee]

noun

plural

phalloplasties 

1. the surgical construction or reconstruction of a penis using a flap of skin taken from another part of the body such as the forearm.

2. any plastic or cosmetic surgery done on the penis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of phalloplasty¹

First recorded in 1855–60; phall(us)- ( def. ) + -o- ( def. ) + -plasty ( def. )

Example Sentences

He comes for treatment to fade pigmentation on his decade-old top surgery scars and treat the keloids along his left forearm where doctors took a skin graft and nerve for his phalloplasty in 2019.

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Without insurance, phalloplasty would cost the patient as much as $200,000 from start to finish.

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And as discussed in the film, he’s pioneering new techniques for the most intensive surgeries, particularly phalloplasty.

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Yet hope was still there, he was only months away from the final procedure: the phalloplasty.

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It would charge doctors with a Class 4 felony if they provided a long list of surgeries like "castration, vasectomy, hysterectomy, phalloplasty," and others.

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