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rhinoplasty

American  
[rahy-nuh-plas-tee] / ˈraɪ nəˌplæs ti /

noun

Surgery.
  • rhinoplasties
    plural
  1. plastic surgery of the nose.


rhinoplasty British  
/ ˈraɪnəʊˌplæstɪ /

noun

  1. plastic surgery of the nose

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of rhinoplasty

First recorded in 1835–45; rhino- + -plasty

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But those that have competed on price for elective treatments like rhinoplasty will find it harder to survive, he and others said.

From Reuters Feb. 27, 2023

Depending on the answers to those questions, braces and rhinoplasty might be pretty similar, or pretty different.

From Slate Jan. 24, 2023

Six months later, emerging from surgery for a chin implant and rhinoplasty, I was more devastated than ever.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2022

In the development of rhinoplasty, for example, citing scholars such as Sander Gilman, Fitzharris shows how a person’s nose became a marker of their health.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2022

Getting rhinoplasty wasn't the same as getting a haircut.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

He pointed out that therapy is not required for cisgender patients who get breast augmentation, hysterectomies or rhinoplasties.

From New York Times Jan. 13, 2022

For my third, and final, surgery I went to a surgeon whose practice was largely devoted to revising other surgeons’ bad rhinoplasties.

From The Guardian Dec. 23, 2015

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon 'Jacob Daley thinks many rhinoplasties are mistakes because surgeon and patient forget about art.

From Time Magazine Archive

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