Definitions

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

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  • noun reconstructive surgery on the penis to repair congenital abnormality or injury

Etymologies

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From phallus + -plasty

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Examples

  • 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.

    A Boy's Life 2008

  • 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.

    A Boy's Life 2008

  • ***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.

    Responding To The Feminist Anti-Transsexual Arguments 2007

  • 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).

    OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

  • A more likely alternative in the California case would be penile reconstruction - called a phalloplasty, said Dr. Robert Nam, a urologic oncologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Sheryl Ubelacker 2011

  • (This chapter may contain more than you want to know about "phalloplasty" and "metoidioplasty.")

    Gays and Genes Hacker, Andrew 2003

  • He eventually underwent phalloplasty, and he married a woman.

    A Boy's Life 2008

  • Plus, it make gifts for the wedding party simple: breast implants for bridesmaids and phalloplasty for groomsmen.

    Rosalyn Hoffman: Botox to the Brain 2010

  • Plus, it make gifts for the wedding party simple: breast implants for bridesmaids and phalloplasty for groomsmen.

    Rosalyn Hoffman: Botox to the Brain 2010

  • He eventually underwent phalloplasty, and he married a woman.

    A Boy's Life 2008

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