cheiloplasty

American

[kahy-luh-plas-tee] / ˈkaɪ ləˌplæs ti /

Or chiloplasty

noun

Surgery.

PLURAL

cheiloplasties

plastic surgery of the lip.

Etymology

Origin of cheiloplasty

First recorded in 1835–45; cheilo- + -plasty

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