reduction mammaplasty
noun[CorU]
medicalspecialized(alsoreduction mammoplasty)uk/rɪˌdʌk.ʃən ˈmæm.ə.plæs.ti/us/rɪˌdʌk.ʃən ˈmæm.ə.plæs.ti/anoperationto make thebreastssmaller:
The women in thestudyhad allundergonebreastsurgerysuch asreductionmammaplasty.
Abilateralreductionmammoplasty wasperformed.
Synonym
breast reduction
- Findings wereevaluatedin 63patientswho hadundergonereductionmammaplasty.
- Theperformerdecidedtoreshapeherentirebodybeginningwith areductionmammoplasty.
- These werenormalbreastfibroblastsderivedfromreductionmammoplasties.
- Themotivationsforseekingreductionmammaplasty can bephysical,aesthetic, orpsychological.
Medical treatment: surgery
- a nip and tuckidiom
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputation
- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- excise
- implantable
- implantation
- incision
- interoperative
- intraoperative
- knife
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
- splenectomy
- spreader
- stereotactic
- transfusion