anaplasty

1. Surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue (synset 100691754)
   is a type of: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
   subtypes:

   • abdominoplasty, tummy tuck - cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach
   • autoplasty - surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body
   • cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty - plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
   • corneal graft, corneal transplant, keratoplasty - a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor
   • lipectomy, selective lipectomy - plastic surgery involving the breakdown and removal of fatty tissue
   • mastopexy - plastic surgery to lift or reshape the breasts
   • neuroplasty - plastic surgery of the nerves
   • otoplasty - reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear
   • phalloplasty - reconstructive surgery on the penis to repair congenital abnormality or injury
   • proctoplasty, rectoplasty - reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum
   same as: plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery

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