plastic surgery
noun
the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
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Origin of plastic surgery
First recorded in 1830–40
OTHER WORDS FROM plastic surgery
plastic surgeon, nounWords nearby plastic surgery
plastic money, plastic paddy, plastic pleurisy, plastic police, plastic strain, plastic surgery, plastic wood, plastic wrap, plasticine, plasticity, plasticize
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Example sentences from the Web for plastic surgery
These three Asian nations all made it into the latest study of the top 10 most plastic-surgery dependent countries in the world.
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Big Ang, Breakout Star of VH1’s Reality Series ‘Mob Wives,’ Opens Up|Marlow Stern|March 21, 2012|DAILY BEASTBefore she went on a plastic-surgery binge, Heidi had to tell her beau Spencer he might be a babydaddy.
He argues that it would be discriminatory to females who comprise 90 percent of all plastic-surgery patients.
British Dictionary definitions for plastic surgery
plastic surgery
noun
the branch of surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic repair or re-formation of missing, injured, or malformed tissues or partsAlso called: anaplasty
Derived forms of plastic surgery
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Medical definitions for plastic surgery
plastic surgery
n.
Surgery to remodel, repair, or restore body parts, especially by the transfer of tissue.
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Scientific definitions for plastic surgery
plastic surgery
The branch of surgery that deals with the remodeling, repair, or restoration of body parts, especially by the transfer of tissue.
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Cultural definitions for plastic surgery
plastic surgery
Surgery that repairs or reconstructs a body part. Plastic surgery is used to correct physical defects and to rebuild parts of the body that have been damaged by trauma or disease. Some examples of plastic surgery are breast reconstruction for women who have undergone a mastectomy and skin grafting for burn victims.
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