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blepharoplasty

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Plastic surgery on the eyelids to improve vision or for cosmetic reasons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bleph

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English blepharo- Proto-Hellenic *pláthyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós)der. English -plasty English blepharoplasty From blepharo- + -plasty.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: блеферопластика (bleferoplastika) — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Catalan: blefaroplàstia — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重瞼術 /重睑术 (chóngjiǎnshù) — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 割雙眼皮 /割双眼皮 (gēshuāngyǎnpí) — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雙眼皮手術 /双眼皮手术 (shuāngyǎnpí shǒushù) — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Czech: blefaroplastika — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Finnish: blepharoplastia — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Finnish: silmäluomien muovausleikkaus — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • French: blépharoplastie — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • German: Augenlidplastik — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • German: Lidplastik — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • German: Blepharoplastik — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Icelandic: augnaloksviðgerð — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Icelandic: augnaloksgerð — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Italian: blefaroplastica — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Polish: plastyka powiek — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Portuguese: blefaroplastia — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Russian: блефаропла́стика (blefaroplástika) — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Spanish: blefaroplastia — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Swedish: ögonlocksplastik — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Swedish: blepharoplastik — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Turkish: blefaroplasti — plastic surgery on the eyelid
  • Ukrainian: блефаропла́стика (blefaroplástyka) — plastic surgery on the eyelid