labiaplasty en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English labia Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *plát͏̌t͏̌ō? Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós)der. English -plasty English labiaplasty From labia + -plasty.
Meanings
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The moulding or shaping of the labia minora and/or labia majora.
When performed poorly, a labiaplasty — a procedure to reduce the size of the labia minora, and one of the fastest-growing cosmetic surgeries worldwide — can also damage nerves, leading to genital pain and loss of sexual sensation.
2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York Times:Many doctors performing labiaplasties were never taught vulvar anatomy—leaving some patients scarred and unable to feel sexual pleasure.
2019, Suzannah Weiss, The Establishment, The Insidious Reasons Doctors Are Botching Labiaplasties:Labiaplasty—surgery for reshaping or resizing the inner labia—is the fastest growing type of plastic surgery in the world: in 2016, 45 per cent more labiaplasty procedures were carried out than in 2015, […]
2019, Lynn Enright, Vagina: A Re-Education, Atlantic Books, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| labiaplasties | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
Translations (7)
de Labioplastie (moulding of the labia) · de Labioplastik (moulding of the labia) · fr labioplastie (moulding of the labia) · tr labioplasti (moulding of the labia) · cmn 陰唇整型手術 /阴唇整型手术 (moulding of the labia) · fi labioplastia (moulding of the labia) · cmn 陰唇縮小手術 /阴唇缩小手术 (moulding of the labia)