cosmetic surgery
cosmetic surgery noun: elective surgical procedures performed to enhance or alter a person's physical appearance for aesthetic purposes.
Noun
cosmetic surgery (countable and uncountable, plural cosmetic surgeries)
- Elective surgical procedures performed to enhance or alter a person's physical appearance for aesthetic purposes.
- The face lift is a classic example of cosmetic surgery.
- I come from Africa – we celebrate getting older. A friend was telling me there’s been a rise in cosmetic surgery, all because [people]^([sic]) have been looking at themselves in Zoom meetings.2022 December 14, Nadia Khomami, quoting Iman, “‘He’s not my “late” husband’: Iman speaks of grief over death of David Bowie”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- aesthetic surgery, vanity surgery, work[Appendix:Glossary, plastic surgery
cosmetic surgery meaning in Tamil and Thai
cosmetic surgery in Tamil
- அழகு அறுவைச் சிகிச்சை
cosmetic surgery in Thai
- surgery to improve appearance
- ศัลยกรรมเสริมสวย sǎn-lá-yá-gam-sə̌əm-sǔai
Synonyms of cosmetic surgery
- aesthetic surgery
- vanity surgery
- work[Appendix:Glossary
- plastic surgery
Forms of cosmetic surgery
| plural | cosmetic surgeries |
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Words formed from cosmetic surgery
Questions about cosmetic surgery
- What does cosmetic surgery mean?
- Cosmetic surgery means elective surgical procedures performed to enhance or alter a person's physical appearance for aesthetic purposes.
- What is cosmetic surgery in Tamil?
- Cosmetic surgery in Tamil is அழகு அறுவைச் சிகிச்சை. See Cosmetic surgery meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cosmetic surgery?
- Cosmetic surgery is a noun.
- What is the plural of cosmetic surgery?
- The plural of cosmetic surgery is cosmetic surgeries.
Words near cosmetic surgery in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cosmetic surgery (page history and authors); cosmetic surgery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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