Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Reconstructive or plastic surgery of the breast.
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- noun surgery
Plastic surgery of abreast to alter its shape or size.
Etymologies
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Augmentation mammoplasty is something you shouldn't consider until at least 2 years after starting hormone treatment anyway, and to get that type of cleavage in someone that age, significant amounts of silicon augmentation would be needed.
Buyer's Remorse Zoe Brain 2006
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Augmentation mammoplasty is something you shouldn't consider until at least 2 years after starting hormone treatment anyway, and to get that type of cleavage in someone that age, significant amounts of silicon augmentation would be needed.
Archive 2006-05-01 Zoe Brain 2006
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So she and her doc thought that she ought to have a mammoplasty to ease her pain.
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Presented new Phase 3 EXPAREL data on subjects undergoing mammoplasty:
unknown title 2011
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Common cosmetic procedures consist of making the breasts larger or popularly called as augmentation mammoplasty and breast reduction or reduction mammoplasty.
Release The Hounds edwirq2bpe 2010
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Breast reduction surgery (reduction mammoplasty) corrects all three by reducing the size of the gland, repositioning the nipple and reshaping the breast.
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Breast augmentation, breast enlargement or augmentation mammoplasty is a surgery done to enhance the size of a woman�s breasts.
Medindia Health News 2009
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Two months later, the Los Angeles County coroner's office determined she died of "coronary artery disease and multiple post operative factors due to or as a consequence of liposuction and mammoplasty," but stated that the final cause of death could not be determined.
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Reduction mammoplasty usually is performed on an outpatient basis or with a one night hospital stay.
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You will undergo a procedure called augmentation mammoplasty or breast augmentation.
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