metoidioplasty

Meanings

1. A form of female-to-male sex reassignment surgery in which the clitoris, enlarged by testosterone therapy, is enhanced in size and appearance to provide a penis.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eysd-der.? Ancient Greek αἰδώς (aidṓs) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek αἰδοῖος (aidoîos) Ancient Greek αἰδοῖον (aidoîon) Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós)der. English -plasty English metoidioplasty From meta- + Ancient Greek αἰδοῖον (aidoîon, “genitals”) + English -plasty.