macromastic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Formed of macro- (“large”) + -mastia (“abnormality of the breast”) + -ic, from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”) and μαστός (mastós, “breast”).
Adjective[edit]
macromastic (not generally comparable, comparative more macromastic, superlative most macromastic)
- (medicine, of a breast) Unusually large.
- 2014, Adam Riker, Breast Disease: Comprehensive Management, page 313:
- A contralateral ptotic or macromastic breast should not be replicated. It is either reduced or lifted at the time of the second procedure.
- (of an individual) Having large breasts.
- 2009, Maurice Nahabedian, Oncoplastic Surgery of the Breast, page 43:
- 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.
- Pertaining to or characterized by macromastia, enlargement of the breast.