body modification

American  

[bod-ee mod-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˈbɒd i mɒd ə fɪˌkeɪ ʃən /

Also body mod

noun

1. any method of making permanent changes to the body, including piercing, tattooing, subdermal implants, etc., usually for aesthetic purposes or personal expression.

2. a permanent change made to the body by piercing, tattooing, implants, etc.

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body modification British  

noun

1. any method of permanently adorning the body, including tattooing and piercing

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Etymology

Origin of body modification

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

“The Substance” is shrewdly made — Fargeat showcases immense talent and vision lacing her film with aural and visual cues, but she eventually goes off the rails with the outrageousness, diluting the potent feminist messages about the dangers of body modification, and the consequences of messing with science.

From Salon

Body modification artist Jenova Rain worked with Harbisson in 2018 during Manchester Science Festival, and sees his work as "amazing and very important".

From BBC

One of his campaign aides in 2022 recalled that she’d be driving around and then her phone would ring—it would be Santos, excited to talk about body modification.

From Slate

Mr Gustavson, 45, is accused of leading an extreme body modification operation.

From BBC

We started to push body modification a little bit further, we started to ask ourselves questions of what if we thought about the Cenobites not being tethered to an earthly subculture, but having been unchained, so to speak, having the freedom to really explore their pursuits, in ways that we hadn't thought about.

From Salon