nipple-dilation

UK, US/ˈnɪ.p(ə)l.daɪˈleɪ.ʃən/

noun

Surgical operation to make the nipples larger and more prominent.

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Meanings

nounnipple-dilation (plural nipple-dilations)

plural nipple-dilations

  1. Surgical operation to make the nipples larger and more prominent.

    Mary felt annoyed at the girl; just because bras had become passé, did a girl with so pronounced a bosom have to cater to fashion? In this case practicality dictated a bra, and Mary stood at the desk feeling herself flushing with disapproval. And artificial nipple-dilation; it was just too much.

    1964, Philip K. Dick, “THREE”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 27

Origin

From nipple + dilation.

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