vaginoplasty

noun

vag·i·no·plas·ty ˈvaj-ə-nə-ˌplas-tē

plural vaginoplasties

: plastic surgery of the vagina

They performed plastic surgeries, including vaginoplasty for women born without vaginas.—Joanne Meyerowitz, How Sex Changed

called also colpoplasty

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