reconstructive
tending to reconstruct.
Origin of reconstructive
1Other words from reconstructive
- re·con·struc·tive·ly, adverb
- re·con·struc·tive·ness, noun
Words Nearby reconstructive
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How to use reconstructive in a sentence
The patient who received the 3D printed ear hadn’t had reconstructive surgery as a child, and she told the New York Times that her ear’s appearance didn’t bother her much until she was a teenager.
In a First, Doctors Transplant a 3D Printed Ear Made of a Patient’s Own Cells | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | June 2, 2022 | Singularity HubHis fingertips had to be amputated, and damage to his face was so extensive that he was left without lips or eyelids—even after 20 reconstructive surgeries.
The 10 Most Important Health Breakthroughs You Missed During the Pandemic | Jeffrey Kluger | June 10, 2021 | TimeLisa Cassileth, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon as well as founder and CEO of Cassileth Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills, admits she expected business to drop as the pandemic and subsequent economic crisis continued.
The Zoom effect: Why plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures might be more popular because of the pandemic | Rachel King | October 3, 2020 | FortuneA Las Vegas plastic surgeon flew to Jackson, personally pledging to cover the cost of reconstructive surgery.
Colonel of Truth: The KFC Hoax and the Idiocy of Crowdfunding for Bullying Victims | Scott Bixby | June 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe and husband Brad Pitt can presumably afford a kick-ass reconstructive surgeon.
Doctors have said Miss Yousafzai is due to be readmitted in the coming weeks for reconstructive cranial surgery.
A world-famous oculoplastic and reconstructive surgeon, Elahi is also an impassioned philanthropist.
Participants in the 2011 Women in the World Summit | The Daily Beast | March 1, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTAnother reconstructive surgery was attempted at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Berlin was a little late with her reconstructive work; the town walls were not removed till 1866.
Some Cities and San Francisco and Resurgam | Hubert Howe BancroftThe reconstructive historian must surely be inventing à priori facts, evolved, more Germanico, from his inner consciousness.
Falling in Love | Grant AllenThey are agencies for transfer of existing social power into personal ability; they are means of reconstructive growth.
Human Nature and Conduct | John DeweyThe plans which are formed, the principles which man projects as guides of reconstructive action, are not dogmas.
Reconstruction in Philosophy | John DeweyWe have seen that the general trend of Oriental archaeology has been reconstructive rather than iconoclastic.
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