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plastic surgery
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| 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: 1830–40
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plastic surgeon.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| plastic surgery
n. Surgery to remodel, repair, or restore body parts, especially by the transfer of tissue. plastic surgeon n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| plastic surgery | |
noun | |
| surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| plastic surgery
The branch of surgery that deals with the remodeling, repair, or restoration of body parts, especially by the transfer of tissue. |
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
plastic surgery
[Chapter:] Medicine and Health
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.
[Chapter:] Medicine and Health
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
plastic surgery n.
Surgery to remodel, repair, or restore body parts, especially by the transfer of tissue.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: plastic surgery
Function: noun
: a branch of surgery concerned with the repair, restoration, or improvement of lost, injured, defective, or misshapen parts ofthe body chiefly by transfer of tissue; also : an operation performed for such a purpose
Main Entry: plastic surgery
Function: noun
: a branch of surgery concerned with the repair, restoration, or improvement of lost, injured, defective, or misshapen parts ofthe body chiefly by transfer of tissue; also : an operation performed for such a purpose
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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