mammoplasty

[ mam-uh-plas-tee ]

noun

, Surgery.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mammoplasty¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From Slate

The pastoral imagery initially released suggests West has abandoned his plan to use as its artwork a photograph of Jan Adams, the plastic surgeon who performed liposuction and mammoplasty on West’s mother, Donda, who died of complications related to the procedure.

From The Guardian

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

Related Words

• breast implant
• cosmetic surgery
• liposuction