labiaplasty
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The moulding or shaping of the labia minora and/or labia majora.
Example Sentences
- "Many doctors performing labiaplasties were never taught vulvar anatomy—leaving some patients scarred and unable to feel sexual pleasure."
- "Labiaplasty—surgery for reshaping or resizing the inner labia—is the fastest growing type of plastic surgery in the world: in 2016, 45 per cent more labiaplasty procedures were carried out than in 2015, […]"
- "When performed poorly, a labiaplasty — a procedure to reduce the size of the labia minora, and one of the fastest-growing cosmetic surgeries worldwide — can also damage nerves, leading to genital pain and loss of sexual sensation."
Etymology
Etymology tree English labia Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *plát͏̌t͏̌ō? Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós)der. English -plasty English labiaplasty From labia + -plasty.