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macromastic

macromastic adjective: unusually large.

Adjective

macromastic (not generally comparable, comparative more macromastic, superlative most macromastic)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Unusually large.
    • A contralateral ptotic or macromastic breast should not be replicated. It is either reduced or lifted at the time of the second procedure.2014, Adam Riker, Breast Disease: Comprehensive Management, page 313
  2. (not comparable, usually) Having large breasts.
    • In obese and macromastic patients a reduction approach for immediate reconstruction in conjunction with the partial mastectomy is often the most efficacious means of managing breast reconstruction.2009, Maurice Nahabedian, Oncoplastic Surgery of the Breast, page 43
  3. (not comparable, usually) Pertaining to or characterized by macromastia, enlargement of the breast.

Forms of macromastic

comparativemore macromastic
superlativemost macromastic

Origin of macromastic

Formed of macro- (“large”) + -mastia (“abnormality of the breast”) + -ic, from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”) and μαστός (mastós, “breast”).

Questions about macromastic

What does macromastic mean?
Macromastic means unusually large.
What part of speech is macromastic?
Macromastic is an adjective.

Words near macromastic in the dictionary

  1. macromanages
  2. macromanaging
  3. macromania
  4. macromarketing
  5. macromastia
  6. macromastic
  7. macromeander
  8. macromeanders
  9. macroMEC
  10. macromechanical
  11. macroMECs

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