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micromastia
micromastia n.
Brit. 
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈmastɪə/
, /ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈmastɪə/U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˈmæstiə/
abnormally small size of one or both breasts; spec. failure of normal pubertal development of the breasts./ˌmaɪkroʊˈmæstiə/ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of breasts
gynaecomasty1873
polymastia1878
polymastism1886
micromazia1890
micromastia1918
1918 J. B. Deaver & J. McFarland Breast iii. 45 Conditions in which there is congenital total absence of one or both of the mammary glands, or in which one or both glands are undeveloped or rudimentary in development. To the latter condition the term ‘micromastia’ might more correctly be applied.
1953 New Statesman 5 Sept. 254/3 About 4,000,000 young American women suffer in some degree from micromastia (immature breasts).
1992 Time 17 Feb. 88/1 They [sc. small breasts] are a disease, a disfiguring illness for which the technical term is micromastia.
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