LIPECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lipectomy mean? 

• LIPECTOMY (noun)
  The noun LIPECTOMY has 1 sense:

1. plastic surgery involving the breakdown and removal of fatty tissue

  Familiarity information: LIPECTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIPECTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plastic surgery involving the breakdown and removal of fatty tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

lipectomy; selective lipectomy

Hypernyms ("lipectomy" is a kind of...):

anaplasty; plastic surgery; reconstructive surgery (surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lipectomy"):

liposuction; suction lipectomy (lipectomy (especially for cosmetic purposes) in which excess fatty tissue is removed from under the skin by suction)