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noun
A procedure of plastic surgery used to change the appearance or shape of a person’s ears.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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noun
reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty
History
Formed as oto- + -plasty, after the German Otoplastik; compare the earlier otoplastic and the French otoplastie.
