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surgiholic

surgiholic noun: a person motivated to undergo repeated cosmetic surgery.

Noun

surgiholic (plural surgiholics)

  1. A person motivated to undergo repeated cosmetic surgery.
    • Surgery should be avoided when the deformity is minimal, particularly in patients with a "surgiholic" tendency.1988, Roger Kohn, Textbook of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lea & Febiger, →ISBN, page 189

Forms of surgiholic

pluralsurgiholics

Origin of surgiholic

From surgery + -holic.

Questions about surgiholic

What does surgiholic mean?
Surgiholic means a person motivated to undergo repeated cosmetic surgery.
What part of speech is surgiholic?
Surgiholic is a noun.
What is the plural of surgiholic?
The plural of surgiholic is surgiholics.

Words near surgiholic in the dictionary

  1. surgically induced childhood
  2. surgicenter
  3. surgicenters
  4. surgicentre
  5. surgicentres
  6. surgiholic
  7. surgiholics
  8. surging
  9. surgings
  10. surgonopod
  11. surgonopods

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