phalloplasty

English

Etymology

From phallo- +‎ -plasty.

Pronunciation

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Noun

phalloplasty (plural phalloplasties)

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

Hypernyms

• bottom surgery

Translations

plastic surgery to construct or repair a penis

• Finnish: siittimen korjausleikkaus
• French: phalloplastie (fr) f
• Polish: falloplastyka f

See also

• vaginoplasty
• metoidioplasty