amastia

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.

Translations

absence of breast tissue, nipple, and areola

Polish: amastia f Portuguese: amastia f

Anagrams

• Saitama

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Italian

Noun

amastia f (plural amastie)

1. amastia

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmas.tja/

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• 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) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
2. Trzaski, Everta i Michalskiego leksykon ilustrowany. [Z. 1].‎, 1929, page 25

Further reading

• amastia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• amastia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• amastia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

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Portuguese

Noun

amastia f (uncountable)

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