amastia

See also: amastią

English

Etymology

From a- (without) +‎ -mastia (breast).

Noun

amastia (uncountable)

  1. The absence of breast tissue, nipple, and areola.
    Amastia in girls can be treated with augmentation mammoplasty.
    • 1878 April 6, “Reviews and notices of books: On Numerical Anomalies of the Breast”, in The Lancet, volume 114, page 500:
      No case of amastia has yet been recorded in the male (and in females it is much rarer than polymastia).

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with amazia, the absence of mammary gland(s) only.

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Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /amasˈtia/ [a.masˈt̪i.a]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: a‧mas‧ti‧a

Noun

amastia (plural amastia-amastia)

  1. (pathology) amastia

Further reading

Italian

Noun

amastia f (plural amastie)

  1. amastia

Polish

Etymology

From a- +‎ Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós) +‎ -ia.[1] First attested in 1929.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmas.tja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -astja
  • Syllabification: a‧mas‧tia

Noun

amastia f

  1. (medicine) amastia

Declension

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amastia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Trzaski, Everta i Michalskiego leksykon ilustrowany. [Z. 1].[1] (in Polish), 1929, page 25

Further reading

  • amastia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • amastia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.masˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.maʃˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.masˈt͡ʃi.a/

  • Hyphenation: a‧mas‧ti‧a

Noun

amastia f (uncountable)

  1. (teratology) amastia (absence of breast tissue, nipple and areola)