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plastic surgery

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Surgery that is performed on the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: surgery

2

noun

Meaning 2

Surgery that is performed on the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body.

Cosmetic surgery that is performed for appearance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aesthetic surgery, vanity surgery, work[Appendix:Glossary

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: surgery

3

noun

Meaning 3

surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reconstructive surgery, anaplasty

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

Narrower terms: abdominoplasty, tummy tuck, autoplasty, face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck, keratoplasty, corneal graft, corneal transplant, lipectomy, selective lipectomy, mastopexy, neuroplasty, otoplasty, phalloplasty, proctoplasty, rectoplasty

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جِرَاحَةْ تَجْمِيل (jirāḥat tajmīl) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Armenian: պլաստիկ վիրաբուժություն (plastik virabužutʻyun) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Azerbaijani: estetik cərrahiyə — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Azerbaijani: plastik əməliyyat — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Azerbaijani: plastik cərrahiyyə — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Basque: kirurgia plastiko — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Belarusian: пластычная хірургія (plastyčnaja xirurhija) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Bengali: প্লাস্টিক সার্জারি (plasṭik śarjari) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Bulgarian: пластична хирургия (plastična hirurgija) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Catalan: cirurgia plàstica — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Chinese Cantonese: 整容 — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 整形外科 (zhěngxíng wàikē) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 整容 (zhěngróng) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Czech: plastická chirurgie — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Dutch: plastische chirurgie — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Esperanto: plastia kirurgio — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Estonian: plastikakirurgia — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Finnish: plastiikkakirurgia — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • French: chirurgie plastique — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • French: chirurgie esthétique — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Galician: cirurxía plástica — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Georgian: პლასტიკური ოპერაცია (ṗlasṭiḳuri oṗeracia) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Georgian: პლასტიკური ქირურგია (ṗlasṭiḳuri kirurgia) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • German: plastische Chirurgie — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Greek: πλαστική χειρουργική (plastikí cheirourgikí) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Hebrew: ניתוח פלסטי — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Hindi: प्लास्टिक सर्जरी (plāsṭik sarjarī) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Hungarian: plasztikai sebészet — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Icelandic: lýtalækningar — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Indonesian: bedah plastik — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Irish: máinliacht phlaisteach — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Italian: chirurgia plastica — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Japanese: 整形外科 (seikei geka) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Japanese: 形成外科 (keisei geka) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Kannada: ಪ್ಲ್ಯಾಸ್ಟಿಕ್ ಸರ್ಜರಿ (plyāsṭik sarjari) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Kapampangan: operanan — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Kazakh: пластикалық хирургия (plastikalyq xirurgiä) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Korean: 성형외과 (seonghyeong'oegwa) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Latvian: plastiskā ķirurģija — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Macedonian: пластична хирургија (plastična hirurgija) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Malay: pembedahan plastik — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Malayalam: പ്ലാസ്റ്റിക് സർജറി (plāsṟṟikŭ saṟjaṟi) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Norwegian: kosmetisk kirurgi — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Persian: جراحی پلاستیک — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Polish: plastyka — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Polish: chirurgia plastyczna — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Portuguese: cirurgia plástica — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Romanian: chirurgie plastică — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Russian: пласти́ческая хирурги́я (plastíčeskaja xirurgíja) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Russian: пласти́ческая опера́ция (plastíčeskaja operácija) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Serbo-Croatian: plastična kirurgija — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Sinhalese: ප්ලාස්ටික් සැත්කම් (plāsṭik sætkam) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Slovak: plastická chirurgia — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Slovene: plastična kirurgija — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Spanish: cirugía plástica — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Swedish: plastikkirurgi — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Swedish: plastik — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Turkish: plastik cerrahi — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Ukrainian: пластична хірургія (plastyčna xirurhija) — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Urdu: پلاسٹک سرجری — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Uzbek: plastik jarrohlik — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Vietnamese: phẫu thuật thẩm mỹ — surgery involving the transfer of tissue
  • Chinese Cantonese: 整容 — cosmetic surgery
  • Chinese Mandarin: 整容 (zhěngróng) — cosmetic surgery
  • Czech: plastická chirurgie — cosmetic surgery
  • Danish: plastikkirurgi — cosmetic surgery
  • Finnish: plastiikkakirurgia — cosmetic surgery
  • French: chirurgie plastique — cosmetic surgery
  • French: chirurgie esthétique — cosmetic surgery
  • French: chirurgie cosmétique — cosmetic surgery
  • Georgian: პლასტიკური ქირურგია (ṗlasṭiḳuri kirurgia) — cosmetic surgery
  • Georgian: კოსმეტიკური ქირურგია (ḳosmeṭiḳuri kirurgia) — cosmetic surgery
  • Georgian: ესთეტიკური ქირურგია (esteṭiḳuri kirurgia) — cosmetic surgery
  • Italian: chirurgia plastica — cosmetic surgery
  • Italian: chirurgia estetica — cosmetic surgery
  • Kapampangan: ritoki — cosmetic surgery
  • Kazakh: пластикалық ота (plastikalyq ota) — cosmetic surgery
  • Malay: pembedahan plastik — cosmetic surgery
  • Portuguese: cirurgia plástica — cosmetic surgery
  • Portuguese: plástica — cosmetic surgery
  • Romanian: chirurgie estetică — cosmetic surgery
  • Spanish: cirugía estética — cosmetic surgery
  • Swedish: plastikkirurgi — cosmetic surgery
  • Swedish: plastik — cosmetic surgery