"plastic surgery" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

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: anaplasty, reconstructive surgery