Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Plastic surgery of the nose.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plastic surgery of the nose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Plastic surgery of the nose to correct deformity or to replace lost tissue. Tissue may be transplanted from the patient's cheek, forehead, arm, etc., or even from another person.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery A type of
plastic surgery that is used to improve the function (reconstructive surgery) or appearance (cosmetic surgery) of a person'snose .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose
Etymologies
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Examples
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And by the way, has no one picked up on her rhinoplasty aka nose job, plumped up lips and Botox-ed forehead?
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MARTIN: Well, the most common ones are eyelid surgery; rhinoplasty, which is your nose; breast augmentation, of course, for women; and then for men, they have breast reduction.
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Recorrecting the shape of the nose also called rhinoplasty also has become a commonly perfomed operation.
Release The Hounds edwirq2bpe 2010
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With the 2012 edition of the TL, Acura designers have performed another rhinoplasty.
Acura TL: A Good Grille and a Better Car Behind It Dan Neil 2011
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Dan Neil/The Wall Street Journal With the 2012 edition of the TL, Acura designers have performed another rhinoplasty, says Mr. Neil.
Acura's Good Grille 2011
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Though there are brief flashbacks - mostly to Tamara's pre-rhinoplasty days - it's all fairly straightforward.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Tamara Drewe Marshall Fine 2010
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Nose jobs: People look younger after cosmetic rhinoplasty, according to a study published in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
Slapping On a Skin Patch to Combat Hay Fever Jeremy Singer-Vine 2012
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The second candidate, Denise, was slated for rhinoplasty, mini-brow lift, breast augmentation and chemical peel of her face.
Robert Tornambe, M.D.: Confessions of an Extreme Makeover Plastic Surgeon M.D. Robert Tornambe 2011
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Researchers in Toronto recruited 50 laypeople to guess the age of 53 rhinoplasty patients, ranging in age from 15 to 61, based on photographs taken before and after the operations.
Slapping On a Skin Patch to Combat Hay Fever Jeremy Singer-Vine 2012
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The researchers said they believed this is the first study to demonstrate a statistically significant decrease in apparent age after rhinoplasty.
Slapping On a Skin Patch to Combat Hay Fever Jeremy Singer-Vine 2012
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