plastic surgerynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌplæs.tɪk ˈsɜː.dʒər.i/us/ˌplæs.tɪk ˈsɝː.dʒɚ.i/a medical operation to bring a damaged area of skin, and sometimes bone, back to its usual appearance, or to improve a person's appearance:
Several of the crash victims had to have extensive plastic surgery.
She had plastic surgery on her nose to straighten it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Medical treatment: surgery
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- anaesthesiology
- anastomose
- anesthesiology
- circumcise
- collagen
- eviscerate
- facelift
- frontal lobotomy
- implant
- keyhole surgery
- laminectomy
- laparoscopic
- laparoscopy
- laparotomy
- ligation
- nose job
- pump out sth
- transplant
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