noun
surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
• Syn: ↑reconstructive surgery, ↑anaplasty
• Hypernyms: ↑operation, ↑surgery, ↑surgical operation, ↑surgical procedure, ↑surgical process
• Hyponyms:
↑abdominoplasty, ↑tummy tuck, ↑autoplasty, ↑face lift, ↑facelift, ↑lift, ↑face lifting, ↑cosmetic surgery, ↑rhytidectomy, ↑rhytidoplasty, ↑nip and tuck, ↑keratoplasty, ↑corneal graft, ↑corneal transplant, ↑lipectomy, ↑selective lipectomy, ↑mastopexy, ↑neuroplasty, ↑otoplasty, ↑phalloplasty, ↑proctoplasty, ↑rectoplasty
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noun [noncount]
: surgery that improves or repairs the form or appearance of body parts
He needed plastic surgery on his face after the car accident.
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medical operations to repair injury to a person's skin, or to improve a person's appearance
Example Bank:
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She needs extensive plastic surgery to her face.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.