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lipectomy

American  
[li-pek-tuh-mee, lahy-] / lɪˈpɛk tə mi, laɪ- /

noun

Surgery.

plural

lipectomies

  1. the surgical removal of fatty tissue.

Etymology

Origin of lipectomy

lip- + -ectomy

Example Sentences

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Last March, Patsy Howell, 39, a Texas mother of two, died of a severe infection three days after undergoing lipectomy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tops on the list, for women, is suction lipectomy, an operation developed in France and introduced in the U.S. in 1982.

From Time Magazine Archive

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