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bichectomy

bichectomy noun: plastic surgery that removes a section of buccal fat-pad tissue from each side of the face.

bichectomy: plastic surgery that removes a section of buccal fat-pad tissue from each side of the face
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Noun

bichectomy (uncountable)

  1. Plastic surgery that removes a section of buccal fat-pad tissue from each side of the face.
    • Nowadays, bichectomy or facial lipectomy is a surgical procedure in great evidence worldwide […]2016, F Jaeger, CHBC de Castro, et al., “A novel preoperative ultrasonography protocol for prediction of bichectomy procedure”, in Arquivo Brasileiro de Odontologia, volume 12, number 2

Synonyms of bichectomy

Origin of bichectomy

From Bichat's fat pad + -ectomy.

Words that rhyme with bichectomy

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Questions about bichectomy

What does bichectomy mean?
Bichectomy means plastic surgery that removes a section of buccal fat-pad tissue from each side of the face.
What part of speech is bichectomy?
Bichectomy is a noun.

Words near bichectomy in the dictionary

  1. bicharacters
  2. Bichat
  3. Bichat's fat pad
  4. Bichat's fat pads
  5. Bichatian
  6. bichectomy
  7. bicheiro
  8. bicheiros
  9. Bichelama
  10. Bichelamar
  11. Bicheno

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