ˌplastic ˈsurgery noun [uncountable]
the medical practice of changing the appearance of people’s faces or bodies, either to improve their appearance or to repair injuries
—ˌplastic ˈsurgeon noun [countable]

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operation noun [countable] the process of cutting into someone’s body to repair or remove a part that is damaged:
He had an operation to remove a blood clot from his brain.
procedure noun [countable] an operation performed in a particular way on a particular part of the body. Procedure is used especially in medical English, for example by doctors and people who work in hospitals. In everyday English people usually say operation:
a common surgical procedure
The procedure normally only takes a few minutes.
transplant noun [countable] an operation to remove an organ from one person’s body and put it into another person’s body:
There is a shortage of donors for heart transplants.
She had to have a kidney transplant.
surgery noun [uncountable] medical treatment involving an operation:
She required surgery on her right knee.
He was taken in for surgery.
plastic surgery noun [uncountable] surgery to improve someone’s appearance:
The singer has just had plastic surgery on her nose.
bypass noun [countable] an operation to make someone’s blood flow past a part of their heart that is blocked or damaged, often using a vein that has been removed from another part of their body:
He went into hospital for a triple heart bypass.
skin graft an operation to repair an area of skin that has been badly damaged, especially using skin from another part of someone’s body:
Her leg was severely burned and may require a skin graft.

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