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glansplasty

glansplasty noun: the surgical (re)construction of a glans penis, in particular its ridge (the corona glandis penis, typically resulting in a circumcised-looking penis).

Noun

glansplasty (plural glansplasties)

  1. The surgical (re)construction of a glans penis, in particular its ridge (the corona glandis penis, typically resulting in a circumcised-looking penis).
    • Treatment is reoperative urethroplasty and glansplasty (reoperative TIP), and the authors now routinely […]2015 April 27, Prasad P. Godbole, Martin A. Koyle, Duncan T. Wilcox, Pediatric Urology: Surgical Complications and Management, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 264
    • A variety of flaps have been pioneered to meet these goals, and many of them allow for glansplasty to approximate a corona. […]2018, I. Nolan, C.S. Crowe, et al., Cultural considerations regarding glansplasty, in the journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Forms of glansplasty

pluralglansplasties

Questions about glansplasty

What does glansplasty mean?
Glansplasty means the surgical (re)construction of a glans penis, in particular its ridge (the corona glandis penis, typically resulting in a circumcised-looking penis).
What part of speech is glansplasty?
Glansplasty is a noun.
What is the plural of glansplasty?
The plural of glansplasty is glansplasties.

Words near glansplasty in the dictionary

  1. glans penis
  2. glans penises
  3. glansectomies
  4. glansectomy
  5. glansplasties
  6. glansplasty
  7. Glanton
  8. Glantons
  9. Glantwymyn
  10. Glantz
  11. Glantzes

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