clitoroplasty

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clitoroplasty /clit·o·ro·plas·ty/ (klit´er-o-plas″te) plastic surgery of the clitoris.

Clitoroplasty

(1) A technique for reducing the size of the clitoris in female patients with clitoromegaly
(2) A procedure in which an intersexual person’s over-large phallus is pared to that of a typical clitoris, coupled with excision of part of the corpus cavernosus and shaping of the foreskin and scrotum to create labia majora and minora

clitoroplasty [kli´to-ro-plas″te]

plastic surgery of the clitoris.

clitoroplasty

plastic surgery of the clitoris.

clitoroplasty

Gynecology An operation in which an overlarge phallus of an intersexual is pared to that of a typical clitoris, with excision of part of the corpus cavernosus and shaping of the foreskin and scrotum to create labia majora and minora. See Female circumcision, Intersex, John/Joan.

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