vaginoplasty

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Etymology

From vagino- +‎ -plasty.

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vaginoplasty (plural vaginoplasties)

  1. (surgery) A surgical procedure used to construct or reconstruct a vaginal canal and mucous membrane.
    • 2016, Loren S. Schechter, Surgical Management of the Transgender Patient, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 25:
      Although a functional vaginoplasty is performed in a single stage, further feminization of the mons pubis can be performed at a second surgical stage.

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