amastia

See also: amastią

English

Etymology

From a- (“without”) +‎ -mastia (“breast”).

Noun

amastia (uncountable)

1. The absence of breast tissue, nipple, and areola.

   Amastia in girls can be treated with augmentation mammoplasty.

   • 1878 April 6, “Reviews and notices of books: On Numerical Anomalies of the Breast”, in The Lancet, volume 114, page 500:

     No case of amastia has yet been recorded in the male (and in females it is much rarer than polymastia).

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with amazia, the absence of mammary gland(s) only.

Translations

absence of breast tissue, nipple, and areola

• Polish: amastia f
• Portuguese: amastia f

Anagrams

• Saitama

Italian

Noun

amastia f (plural amastie)

1. amastia

Polish

Etymology

From a- +‎ Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós) +‎ -ia. First attested in 1929.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmas.tja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -astja
• Syllabification: a‧mas‧tia

Noun

amastia f

1. (medicine) amastia

Declension

Declension of amastia

	singular
nominative	amastia
genitive	amastii
dative	amastii
accusative	amastię
instrumental	amastią
locative	amastii
vocative	amastio

Further reading

• amastia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• amastia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.masˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.masˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.maʃˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.masˈt͡ʃi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐʃˈti.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧mas‧ti‧a

Noun

amastia f (uncountable)

1. (teratology) amastia (absence of breast tissue, nipple and areola)