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phalloplasty

phalloplasty noun: plastic surgery to construct or repair a penis, performed to repair injury or as part of sex reassignment surgery.

Noun

phalloplasty (plural phalloplasties)

  1. Plastic surgery to construct or repair a penis, performed to repair injury or as part of sex reassignment surgery.
    Synonyms:
    phallo
  2. (nonstandard) Plastic surgery to enlarge the penis.

Synonyms of phalloplasty

Forms of phalloplasty

pluralphalloplasties

Origin of phalloplasty

From phallo- + -plasty.

Questions about phalloplasty

What does phalloplasty mean?
Phalloplasty means plastic surgery to construct or repair a penis, performed to repair injury or as part of sex reassignment surgery.
What part of speech is phalloplasty?
Phalloplasty is a noun.
What is the plural of phalloplasty?
The plural of phalloplasty is phalloplasties.

Words near phalloplasty in the dictionary

  1. phallophorias
  2. phallophoric
  3. phallophorus
  4. phalloplastician
  5. phalloplasties
  6. phalloplasty
  7. phallos
  8. phallosome
  9. phallosomes
  10. phallostethid
  11. phallostethids

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