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  • noun surgery Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.

Etymologies

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From mamma + -plasty

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Examples

  • Two sets of well-characterized tissues were utilized: one from breast cancer patients with favorable vs. poor outcome and the other from healthy women undergoing reduction mammaplasty.

    Elites TV PLoS ONE 2010

  • Two sets of well-characterized tissues were utilized: one from breast cancer patients with favorable vs. poor outcome and the other from healthy women undergoing reduction mammaplasty.

    Elites TV 2010

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