the branch of surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic repair or re-formation of missing, injured, or malformed tissues or parts
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ˈplas•tic ˈsur•ger•y, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Surgerythe branch of surgery dealing with the repair, replacement, or reshaping of malformed, injured, or lost parts of the body.
plas′tic sur′gery,
plas′tic sur′geon.
- Surgerythe branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
- 1830–40
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'plastic surgery' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-plasty
- anaplasty
- blepharoplasty
- cephalometry
- cheiloplasty
- cosmetic surgery
- face-lift
- gastroplasty
- keratoplasty
- lease
- mentoplasty
- nip
- osteoplasty
- otoplasty
- reconstructive surgery
- rhinoplasty
- staphyloplasty
- stomatoplasty
- thoracoplasty
- tuck
- tummy tuck
- work