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Definition of "phalloplasty" []

  • Plastic surgery of the penis, to repair injury, for enlargement or for sex change. (noun)

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Use "phalloplasty" in a sentence
  • "Only a minority of trans-men get what they call “bottom” surgery, because phalloplasty is still more cosmetic than functional, and the procedure is risky."
  • "***Incidentally, I’m unsure why the word phalloplasty is bandied about as the transman’s ultimate goal in other posts around the blogsphere I see when people question the trans community."
  • "Medical science has developed ways of creating a vagina out of male genitals (called vaginoplasty) and creating a penis and scrotum out of female genitals and skin grafts (called phalloplasty)."