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plastic surgery (countable and uncountable, plural plastic surgeries)

1. Surgery that is performed on the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body.

   Hypernym: surgery

   Hyponym: cosmetic surgery

   1. Cosmetic surgery that is performed for appearance.

      Synonyms: aesthetic surgery, vanity surgery; work (informal, elliptical)

   • 2018 January 25, Amelia Gentleman, “Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power”, in the Guardian‎:

     There was no tedious self-righteousness on the night of the gala event. The charity auction invited bids for a night out at the Windmill Club (a lapdancing venue in Soho) and a course of plastic surgery, offered as an opportunity to “Add spice to your wife”

使用する際の注意点

• Formally, plastic surgery includes some types of reconstructive surgery and hand surgery, but in common use it generally refers to cosmetic surgery, with some pejorative connotations due to its associations with plastic (“synthetic, artificial”).

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• -plasty