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noun
Plastic surgery to reduce the visible signs of aging in the face by removing wrinkles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty
Narrower terms: nose job, rhinoplasty
History
Etymology tree English rhytid Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1eǵhs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *temh1- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ)der. English -ectomy English rhytidectomy From rhytid (“undesirable wrinkle in the skin”) + -ectomy (“excision”).
