cosmetic surgery

noun

: surgery done to improve a person's appearance

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Parents who remembered hunger produced children who could afford cosmetic surgery. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025 But soon, even Kate the referee can’t resist acknowledging that their famous friend has had some significant cosmetic surgery, and also that Jaclyn can be awfully full of herself a lot of the time. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025 Nearby, in a small office tucked away on North Bedford Drive, two men have been awake for hours, trying to perfect an invention that would eventually change the face of cosmetic surgery. Shikhar Sachdev, thehustle.co, 21 Feb. 2025 Also, the lawsuit said, New Life didn’t inform Green about the dangers of pulmonary embolisms, a common cause of death among cosmetic surgery fatalities. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cosmetic surgery

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“Cosmetic surgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmetic%20surgery. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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