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metoidioplasty

[ me-toi-dee-oh-plas-tee ]

noun

, plural me·toid·i·o·plas·ties.
  1. a type of gender confirmation surgery in which a transgender person's clitoris, after having been enlarged by hormone replacement therapy, is cut free of the surrounding ligaments and formed into a small penis using tissue from the vulva.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of metoidioplasty1

First recorded in 1990–95; met(a)- ( def ) + irregular derivative of Greek aidoîon “genitals” + -i- ( def ) + -o- ( def ) + -plasty ( def )

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