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lipectomy

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

noun

Surgery.
lipectomies plural
  1. the surgical removal of fatty tissue.


Etymology

Origin of lipectomy

lip- + -ectomy

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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