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plastic surgery
noun
: surgery that improves or repairs the form or appearance of body parts
Full Definition of PLASTIC SURGERY
: surgery done to repair, restore, or improve lost, injured, defective, or misshapen body parts
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First Known Use of PLASTIC SURGERY
1842
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plastic surgery
noun
Medical Definition of PLASTIC SURGERY
: a branch of surgery concerned with the repair, restoration, or improvement of lost, injured, defective, or misshapen parts of the body chiefly by transfer of tissue; also : an operation performed for such a purpose
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