nipple-dilation
nounUK, US /ˈnɪ.p(ə)l.daɪˈleɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From nipple + dilation.
1
Surgical operation to make the nipples larger and more prominent.
- Mary felt annoyed at the girl; just because bras had become passé, did a girl with so pronounced a bosom have to cater to fashion? In this case practicality dictated a bra, and Mary stood at the desk feeling herself flushing with disapproval. And artificial nipple-dilation; it was just too much.1964, Philip K. Dick, “THREE”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 27: