top surgery

[top sur-juh-ree]

noun

1. the surgical alteration of a transgender person’s chest, usually through double mastectomy or breast augmentation, to align with their gender identity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of top surgery¹

First recorded in 1990–95; bottom surgery ( def. )

Example Sentences

Rowling type who believes that top surgery is “mutilation,” then anything about trans people will make you feel upset.

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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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Some have had top surgery, others haven’t.

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She couldn’t be on the mound on Mother’s Day against the Badgers, having just undergone top surgery, but showed up anyway and kept the scoresheet to the delight of her coach.

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As part of his transition, Riccomini underwent top surgery more than a year ago to create a masculine appearance.

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