breast augmentation

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Noun

breast augmentation (countable and uncountable, plural breast augmentations)

1. (surgery) A cosmetic procedure to increase the size of a breast (the organ on the front of the chest).

Synonyms

• boob job (slang)
• breastwork (slang)

Antonyms

• breast reduction

Hypernyms

• top surgery

Translations

cosmetic procedure

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 隆胸手術／隆胸手术 (lóngxiōng shǒushù)

• Dutch: borstvergroting (nl) f
• French: augmentation mammaire f
• German: Brustvergrößerung (de) f
• Japanese: 豊胸手術 (ほうきょうしゅじゅつ, hōkyōshujutsu)
• Russian: увеличе́ние груди́ n (uveličénije grudí)
• Spanish: cirugia a los senos f, cirugia a los pechos f, (slang) arreglo de tetas
• Swedish: bröstförstoring c

See also

• breast implant