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Etymology

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Formed of macro- (large) +‎ -mastia (abnormality of the breast) +‎ -ic, from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, long) and μαστός (mastós, breast).

Adjective

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macromastic (not generally comparable, comparative more macromastic, superlative most macromastic)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. Pertaining to or characterized by macromastia, enlargement of the breast.

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