macromastic
adjEtymology Formed of macro- (“large”) + -mastia (“abnormality of the breast”) + -ic, from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”) and μαστός (mastós, “breast”).
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Medicine, Sciences Usually, Of a breast Unusually large.
- A contralateral ptotic or macromastic breast should not be replicated. It is either reduced or lifted at the time of the second procedure.2014, Adam Riker, Breast Disease: Comprehensive Management, page 313:
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Usually, Of an individual Having large breasts.
- In obese and macromastic patients a reduction approach for immediate reconstruction in conjunction with the partial mastectomy is often the most efficacious means of managing breast reconstruction.2009, Maurice Nahabedian, Oncoplastic Surgery of the Breast, page 43:
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Usually Pertaining to or characterized by macromastia, enlargement of the breast.
- Related terms
- macromastia