Rhinoplasty

Quick meaning: Rhinoplasty is a noun meaning (countable) An instance of such surgery; one operation (procedure).

Meaning

(countable) An instance of such surgery; one operation (procedure).

More Meanings

1. (medicine, surgery, uncountable) A type of plastic surgery that is used to improve the function (reconstructive surgery) or appearance (cosmetic surgery) of a person's nose.

Example Sentences

Those can be signs of emotional immaturity, said Casas, a plastic surgeon in Chicago, Illinois. About 10 percent of her teenage rhinoplasty patients are boys.

Dr. Sundine specializes in facelifts, necklifts and browlifting, eyelid surgery, as well as rhinoplasty, which involves both technically exacting skill and a keen eye for aesthetic balance.

Gone is the era of the cookie-cutter, ski jump nose. Today’s cosmetic doctors are approaching rhinoplasties with a more artistic, individualized approach, using new surgical and nonsurgical techniques to refine rather than revamp one of the most prominent features of the face.

Word Forms

• rhinoplasties

Synonyms for rhinoplasty

Depending on context, synonyms include nasoplasty, noselift.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rhytidectomy, rhinorrhoea, rhinorrhea, rhinomanometer, rhinovirus, rhineurynter.

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