vaginoplasty

vaginoplasty
Plastic surgery of the vagina. SYN: colpoplasty. [vagino- + G. plastos, formed]

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vag·i·no·plas·ty 'vaj-ə-nə-.plas-tē n, pl -ties plastic surgery of the vagina called also colpoplasty

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n.
1. a tissue-grafting operation on the vagina.
2. surgical construction of a vagina, which is undertaken in some intersex conditions.

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vag·i·no·plas·ty (vajґĭ-no-plas″te) [vagina + -plasty] plastic surgery of the vagina; called also colpoplasty. vaginoplastic adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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