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mammaplasty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mammaplas-ty
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

Etymology tree English mamma 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 mammaplasty From mamma + -plasty.

Inflected Forms

mammaplasties (plural) mammoplasty (alternative)

Derived Forms

mammaplastic

Synonyms

mastoplasty

Questions

What does mammaplasty mean?
Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.
Where does mammaplasty come from?
Etymology tree English mamma 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 mammaplasty From mamma + -plasty.

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