plastic surgery
English Thesaurus
1. surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue (noun.act)
hypernym | : | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, |
definition | : | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | abdominoplasty, tummy tuck, |
definition | : | cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | autoplasty, |
definition | : | surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | corneal graft, corneal transplant, keratoplasty, |
definition | : | a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | lipectomy, selective lipectomy, |
definition | : | plastic surgery involving the breakdown and removal of fatty tissue (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | mastopexy, |
definition | : | plastic surgery to lift or reshape the breasts (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | neuroplasty, |
definition | : | plastic surgery of the nerves (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | otoplasty, |
definition | : | reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | phalloplasty, |
definition | : | reconstructive surgery on the penis to repair congenital abnormality or injury (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | proctoplasty, rectoplasty, |
definition | : | reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum (noun.act) |
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