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nipple-dilation

UK/ˈnɪ.p(ə)l.daɪˈleɪ.ʃən/

nipple-dilation noun: surgical operation to make the nipples larger and more prominent.

Noun

nipple-dilation (plural nipple-dilations)

  1. Surgical operation to make the nipples larger and more prominent.
    • Mary felt annoyed at the girl; just because bras had become passé, did a girl with so pronounced a bosom have to cater to fashion? In this case practicality dictated a bra, and Mary stood at the desk feeling herself flushing with disapproval. And artificial nipple-dilation; it was just too much.1964, Philip K. Dick, “THREE”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 27

Forms of nipple-dilation

pluralnipple-dilations

Origin of nipple-dilation

From nipple + dilation.

Questions about nipple-dilation

What does nipple-dilation mean?
Nipple-dilation means surgical operation to make the nipples larger and more prominent.
What part of speech is nipple-dilation?
Nipple-dilation is a noun.
How do you pronounce nipple-dilation?
Nipple-dilation is pronounced /ˈnɪ.p(ə)l.daɪˈleɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of nipple-dilation?
The plural of nipple-dilation is nipple-dilations.

Words near nipple-dilation in the dictionary

  1. nipple shields
  2. nipple wrench
  3. nipple wrenches
  4. nipple-confused
  5. nipple-dilated
  6. nipple-dilation
  7. nippled
  8. nipplefruit
  9. nipplefruits
  10. nipplegasm
  11. nipplegasms

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