noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The restoration of lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue. uncountable
2. 2
   surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

plastic surgeryplastic surgeryreconstructive surgery

Etymology

from Ancient Greek: ἀνά: (ana), "backward" + πλάσις (plasis), "formation".

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