top surgery

American  

[top sur-juh-ree] / ˈtɒp ˌsɜr dʒə ri /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of top surgery

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

Example Sentences

In photos from that day, Mehiel is seen naked and half-submerged into that so-called sea, posing alongside a bust of their own chest made six months after they’d received top surgery.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Slate

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.

From Los Angeles Times

Some have had top surgery, others haven’t.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Seattle Times