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rhytidectomy

American

[rit-i-dek-tuh-mee] / ˌrɪt ɪˈdɛk tə mi /

noun

facelift.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

rhytidectomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of rhytidectomy

1930–35; < Greek rhytid-, stem of rhytís wrinkle + -ectomy

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