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metoidioplasty
[me-toi-dee-oh-plas-tee]
noun
plural
metoidioplastiesa type of gender confirmation surgery in which a transgender person's clitoris, after having been enlarged by hormone replacement therapy, is cut free of the surrounding ligaments and formed into a small penis using tissue from the vulva.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of metoidioplasty1
First recorded in 1990–95; met(a)- ( def. ) + irregular derivative of Greek îDz “genitals” + -i- ( def. ) + -o- ( def. ) + -plasty ( def. )
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Some of us have a micropenis from metoidioplasty.
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