Definitions
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- noun surgery
Plastic surgery of abreast to alter its shape or size.
Etymologies
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From mamma + -plasty
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Examples
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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
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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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