top surgery
noun[U]
uk/ˈtɒp ˌsɜː.dʒər.i/us/ˈtɑːp ˌsɝː.dʒər.i/amedicaloperationtochangetheappearanceof someone'schestthat is done aspartof theprocessofgenderreassignment(=changingsomeone'sbodytomatchtheirgenderidentity). It caninvolveeitherremovingbreasttissuefor atransman, or making thebreastslargerfor atranswoman:
上半身变性手术I alwaysknewthattopsurgerywould be the nextstagein mytransition.我一直都很清楚上半身变性手术是我变性过程的下一步。
- Since I haven't hadtopsurgeryyetIworryabout how Ipresentstill.
- Sherecallsthescarson historsoin the selfies hepostedfollowinghistopsurgery.
- He has already hadtopsurgeryand isconsideringstartingtestosterone.
- Transmasculinetopsurgeryis anoperationto make thechestlookmoremasculine, whilesurgerytoincreasethesizeof thebreastsis called transfemininetopsurgery.
- Many gender-nonconformingstudentsdon't have "topsurgery" intheirfreshmanyearsand they may stillstrugglewiththeircolleges'medicalservices.
Medical treatment: surgery
- a nip and tuckidiom
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputation
- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- excise
- implantable
- implantation
- incision
- interoperative
- intraoperative
- knife
- sex change
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
- splenectomy
- spreader
- transfusion