nullectomy

noun

nullectomy

noun

Etymology From null + -ectomy, by analogy with other terms for gender-affirming surgery like penectomy.

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Medicine, Sciences, Surgery Plastic surgery to remove external genitalia in order to create a smooth groin appearance; a person who has undergone this surgery is a nullo.

  • I don’t know how much more of this our culture can take. “Gender-affirming” surgeries are growing increasingly extreme. A source sent me links to websites operated by doctors who perform “bottom surgeries” advertising “genital nullification” — a.k.a. “nullectomy” — procedures that remove genitalia in order to create a “smooth” appearance in the groin.2022 November 2, Wesley J. Smith, “‘Nullectomy’: Physician-Assisted Mutilation”, in National Review:
  • I’d rather be born the way I am now, but flat and nippleless chest, and having a nullectomy. Maybe a slightly different face shape too2024 September 16, u/AroAceMagic, Reddit, r/NonBinaryTalk:
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  • If you are interested a person who got their body exactly like you described created a sub for this kind of surgery, it's called "nullectomy"2024 October 30, u/MystiqueAnza, Reddit, r/asexuality:

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