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reconstructive surgery
re′construc′tive sur′gery n. the restoration of appearance and function following injury or disease, or the correction of congenital defects, using the techniques of plastic surgery. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | reconstructive surgery - surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissueanaplasty, plastic surgeryabdominoplasty, tummy tuck - cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomachautoplasty - surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own bodysurgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"cosmetic surgery, face lift, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, face lifting, lift - 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; "some actresses have more than one face lift"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 donorlipectomy, selective lipectomy - plastic surgery involving the breakdown and removal of fatty tissuemastopexy - plastic surgery to lift or reshape the breastsneuroplasty - plastic surgery of the nervesotoplasty - reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external earphalloplasty - reconstructive surgery on the penis to repair congenital abnormality or injuryproctoplasty, rectoplasty - reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum |
EncyclopediaSeeplastic surgeryreconstructive surgery
re·con·struc·tive sur·ger·yreferring to procedures whose goal is intended to restore form and function in structures deformed or damaged by disease, congenital anomaly, tumor, trauma, or infection.reconstructive surgery Reconstruction Surgery A procedure that attempts to restore a tissue as closely as possible to its original state. See Cosmetic surgery, Corrective surgery. Cf Mutilating surgery. plas·tic sur·ge·ry (plas'tik sŭr'jĕr-ē) The surgical specialty or procedure concerned with the restoration, construction, reconstruction, or improvement in the shape and appearance of body structures that are missing, defective, damaged, or misshapen. LegalSeeSurgeryreconstructive surgery
Synonyms for reconstructive surgerynoun surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissueSynonymsRelated Words- abdominoplasty
- tummy tuck
- autoplasty
- surgical operation
- surgical procedure
- surgical process
- surgery
- operation
- cosmetic surgery
- face lift
- facelift
- nip and tuck
- rhytidectomy
- rhytidoplasty
- face lifting
- lift
- corneal graft
- corneal transplant
- keratoplasty
- lipectomy
- selective lipectomy
- mastopexy
- neuroplasty
- otoplasty
- phalloplasty
- proctoplasty
- rectoplasty
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