Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plastic operation to replace the whole or a part of a lip which has been lost.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) A plastic operation for making a new lip, or for replacing a lost tissue of a lip.
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Examples
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It is sad to hear about women that get the labioplasty surgery, because they are worried about how their labia look.
Vaginas 2008
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One of the surgeries Jessen recommended on an episode in 2008 was a patient's labioplasty.
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She believes the rise in labioplasty is the latest turn in a "cultural disease of self-consciousness."
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Zosia Bielski 2011
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Women pursue labioplasty even when they're 'normal' down there: study
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Zosia Bielski 2011
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I began to share that sad family history because I could no longer stand to hear misguided cultural relativists gloss over the horrors of FGM with the same brush of labioplasty, a form of cosmetic plastic surgery for the genitals that has become popular in the U.S. and Europe.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mona Eltahawy 2010
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I began to share that sad family history because I could no longer stand to hear misguided cultural relativists gloss over the horrors of FGM with the same brush of labioplasty, a form of cosmetic plastic surgery for the genitals that has become popular in the U.S. and Europe.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mona Eltahawy 2010
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For labioplasty and vaginoplasty in Oregon, Washington, Nationwide or Worldwide, your best choice is female plastic surgeon, Dr. Kim-Chi Vu, practicing plastic surgery in Portland, OR.
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I began to share that sad family history because I could no longer stand to hear misguided cultural relativists gloss over the horrors of FGM with the same brush of labioplasty, a form of cosmetic plastic surgery for the genitals that has become popular in the U.S. and Europe.
iToot Stream 2010
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I began to share that sad family history because I could no longer stand to hear misguided cultural relativists gloss over the horrors of FGM with the same brush of labioplasty, a form of cosmetic plastic surgery for the genitals that has become popular in the U.S. and Europe.
iToot Stream Somebody 2010
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I doubt many of us would argue with surgery for a girl who can't exercise or stand up straight because of her breasts, but I think we're right to be confounded and concerned by the rise of practices like labioplasty for girls under eighteen.
The New Yorker 2010
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