English > anaplasty: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue. |
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| Synonyms | plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery |
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| Narrower | abdominoplasty, tummy tuck | cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach |
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| autoplasty | Surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body |
| face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck | plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face |
| keratoplasty, corneal graft, corneal transplant | A surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor |
| lipectomy, selective lipectomy | plastic surgery involving the breakdown and removal of fatty tissue |
| mastopexy | plastic surgery to lift or reshape the breasts |
| neuroplasty | plastic surgery of the nerves |
| otoplasty | reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear |
| phalloplasty | reconstructive surgery on the penis to repair congenital abnormality or injury |
| proctoplasty, rectoplasty | reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum |
| Broader | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process | A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments |
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| Spanish | anaplastia, cirugía estética, cirugía plástica |
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| Catalan | anaplàstia, cirurgia estètica, cirurgia plàstica |
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