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metoidioplasty
[ me-toi-dee-oh-plas-tee ]
noun
plural metoidioplasties.
- a type of gender confirmation surgery in which a transgender person's clitoris, after having been enlarged by hormone replacement therapy, is cut free of the surrounding ligaments and formed into a small penis using tissue from the vulva.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of metoidioplasty1
First recorded in 1990–95; met(a)- ( def ) + irregular derivative of Greek ²¹¾±»å´Çî´Ç²Ô “genitals†+ -i- ( def ) + -o- ( def ) + -plasty ( def )
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Some of us have a micropenis from metoidioplasty.
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