cosmetic surgerynoun [ U ]
uk/kɒzˌmet.ɪk ˈsɜː.dʒər.i/us/kɑːzˌmet̬.ɪk ˈsɝː.dʒɚ.i/any medical operation that is intended to improve a person's appearance rather than their health
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Medical treatment: surgery
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- anaesthesiology
- anastomose
- anesthesiology
- circumcise
- collagen
- eviscerate
- facelift
- frontal lobotomy
- implant
- keyhole surgery
- laminectomy
- laparoscopic
- laparoscopy
- laparotomy
- ligation
- nose job
- pump out sth
- transplant
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