RHYTIDECTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhytidectomy mean? 

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

1. plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHYTIDECTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cosmetic surgery; face lift; face lifting; facelift; lift; nip and tuck; rhytidectomy; rhytidoplasty

Context example:

some actresses have more than one face lift

Hypernyms ("rhytidectomy" 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 "rhytidectomy"):

nose job; rhinoplasty (cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose)