Cosmetic surgery is surgery done to make a person look more attractive.
cosmetic surgery in British English
noun
surgery performed to improve the appearance, rather than for medical reasons
Examples of 'cosmetic surgery' in a sentence
cosmetic surgery
The use of stem cells in healthy women undergoing cosmetic surgery is controversial.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This change in the law forms a vital part of our plans to improve standards in cosmetic surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There was always a frisson when a member of staff came into the office after major cosmetic surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Today's women are more knowledgeable about cosmetic surgery and make wiser choices.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It was like revisiting an old mistress, her beauty diminished by cosmetic surgery rather than age.
Charles Glass The Tribes Triumphant (2006)
A woman who suffered taunts about her looks receives counselling and undergoes cosmetic surgery to make her look more feminine.
The Sun (2006)
IT'S definitely fair that patients who are having cosmetic surgery simply to improve their looks should have to pay VAT on the cost.
The Sun (2011)
VAT on cosmetic surgery would make people question whether they really needed that facelift, think longer and harder before signing those consent forms.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
An unqualified doctor has been charged with negligence after a British woman died under anaesthetic while undergoing cosmetic surgery at a clinic in Bangkok.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Companies that make implants for cosmetic surgery should have to keep a record of all patients who receive them, the Government was told yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
And she will have the confidence to avoid the cosmetic surgery which makes so many LA actresses look like they have been caught in a wind tunnel.
The Sun (2015)
A third of Britons who undergo cosmetic surgery go abroad to have it done because it is cheaper, according to a survey.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
cosmetic surgery
British English: cosmetic surgery /kɒzˈmɛtɪk ˈsɜːdʒərɪ/ NOUN
Cosmetic surgery is surgery done to make a person look more attractive.
She is rumoured to have had cosmetic surgery on nine different parts of her body.
American English: plastic surgery
Arabic: جِرَاحَة تـَجْمِيليَّة
Brazilian Portuguese: cirurgia estética
Chinese: 整容手术
Croatian: plastična operacija
Czech: kosmetická chirurgie
Danish: kosmetisk operation
Dutch: cosmetische chirurgie
European Spanish: cirugía plástica estética
Finnish: plastiikkakirurgia
French: chirurgie esthétique
German: Schönheitsoperation
Greek: αισθητική χειρουργική
Italian: chirurgia estetica
Japanese: 美容外科
Korean: 미용 성형 외과
Norwegian: kosmetisk kirurgi
Polish: chirurgia plastyczna
European Portuguese: cirurgia estética
Romanian: operație estetică
Russian: косметическая операция
Latin American Spanish: cirugía plástica
Swedish: skönhetsoperation
Thai: การผ่าตัดศัลยกรรมเสริมความงาม
Turkish: kozmetik cerrahi
Ukrainian: пластична хірургія
Vietnamese: phẫu thuật thẩm mỹ
British English: cosmetic surgery NOUN
Cosmetic surgery is surgery done to make a person look more attractive.
She is rumoured to have had cosmetic surgery on nine different parts of her body.