amastia

See also: amastią

English

Etymology

a- (“without”) +‎ -mastia (“breast”)

Noun

amastia (uncountable)

  1. The absence of breast tissue, nipple, and areola.
    Amastia in girls can be treated with augmentation mammoplasty.
    • 1878 April 6, “Reviews and notices of books: On Numerical Anomalies of the Breast”, in The Lancet, volume 114, page 500:
      No case of amastia has yet been recorded in the male (and in females it is much rarer than polymastia).

Usage notes
  • Not to be confused with amazia, the absence of mammary gland(s) only.

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Italian

Noun

amastia f (plural amastie)

  1. amastia

Polish

Etymology

From a- +‎ Ancient Greek μαστός (mastós) +‎ -ia.[1] First attested in 1929.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈmas.tja/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -astja
  • Syllabification: a‧mas‧tia

Noun

amastia f

  1. (medicine) amastia

Declension
Declension of amastia
singular
nominative amastia
genitive amastii
dative amastii
accusative amastię
instrumental amastią
locative amastii
vocative amastio

References
  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amastia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Trzaski, Everta i Michalskiego leksykon ilustrowany. [Z. 1].‎ (in Polish), 1929, page 25

Further reading
  • amastia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • amastia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.masˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.maʃˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.masˈt͡ʃi.a/

  • Hyphenation: a‧mas‧ti‧a

Noun

amastia f (uncountable)

  1. (teratology) amastia (absence of breast tissue, nipple and areola)
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