Definitions
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- noun The preservation, restoration, or bestowing of physical beauty, especially to the human body.
- noun The correction of disfigurement, as by surgery or tattooing.
- noun The results of cosmetic procedures or interventions.
- noun A procedure or intervention to improve appearance.
- noun The creation of life-like prosthetic limbs.
- noun A prosthetic limb with life-like appearance.
Etymologies
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Examples
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This isn't sort of an operation I think any reasonable surgeon would subject a patient to purely for cosmesis.
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The paediatric urologist who operated on my son made the minimal possible reconstruction, allowing him to decide when older about further cosmesis, taking into account risks an benefits.
It's Easier to make a Hole than a Pole Zoe Brain 2008
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Formulates design of orthosis; performs fitting and makes adjustments to ensure fit, function, cosmesis, and quality of work.
Discover What You’re Best At Linda Gale 1998
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We are also developing technology to help advance minimally invasive procedures like traditional laparoscopic surgery that offers benefits like less pain, faster recovery time and improved cosmesis over open surgery.
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Medicis currently offer 16 branded products addressing various conditions or aesthetic improvements, including facial wrinkles, acne, fungal infections, rosacea, hyperpigmentation, photoaging, psoriasis, seborrheic dermatitis and cosmesis.
unknown title 2011
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"We have to break the association with cosmetics, with cosmesis," he said.
Jezebel Jenna 2010
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Touch Bionics to exhibit bionic fingers and Livingskin high-definition cosmesis at Arab Health
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On site at Arab Health will be a highly-skilled painter from Touch Bionics 'facilities in New York, demonstrating live the process of painting these high-quality custom cosmesis coverings, which are available at many of the world's leading clinics.
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What is needed is a randomized study in which in addition to operative and hospital data, information on cost of the procedure, convalescence, pre/post operative SF 12 or 36, and the patient evaluation of cosmesis are included in the analysis.
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The authors state that LESS resulted in a "more desirable cosmetic outcome," however there were no validated questionnaires completed by any of the patients or surgeons addressing cosmesis.
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