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单词 plastic surgery
释义

plastic surgery

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noun

the 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.

Origin of plastic surgery

First recorded in 1830–40

OTHER WORDS FROM plastic surgery

plastic surgeon, noun

Words nearby plastic surgery

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Example sentences from the Web for plastic surgery

  • These three Asian nations all made it into the latest study of the top 10 most plastic-surgery dependent countries in the world.

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  • After she had her daughter, Big Ang caught the plastic-surgery bug.

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  • Before she went on a plastic-surgery binge, Heidi had to tell her beau Spencer he might be a babydaddy.

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  • He argues that it would be discriminatory to females who comprise 90 percent of all plastic-surgery patients.

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British Dictionary definitions for plastic surgery

plastic surgery

noun

the branch of surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic repair or re-formation of missing, injured, or malformed tissues or partsAlso called: anaplasty

Derived forms of plastic surgery

plastic surgeon, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for plastic surgery

plastic surgery

Surgery that repairs or reconstructs a body part. Plastic surgery is used to correct physical defects and to rebuild parts of the body that have been damaged by trauma or disease. Some examples of plastic surgery are breast reconstruction for women who have undergone a mastectomy and skin grafting for burn victims.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Medical definitions for plastic surgery

plastic surgery

n.

Surgery to remodel, repair, or restore body parts, especially by the transfer of tissue.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Scientific definitions for plastic surgery

plastic surgery

The branch of surgery that deals with the remodeling, repair, or restoration of body parts, especially by the transfer of tissue.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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