rhinoplasty

English

Etymology

From rhino- +‎ -plasty.

Pronunciation

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Noun

rhinoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural rhinoplasties)

1. (medicine, surgery, uncountable) A type of plastic surgery that is used to improve the function (reconstructive surgery) or appearance (cosmetic surgery) of a person's nose.
   • 2008 January, Orange Coast, page 190:

     Dr. Sundine specializes in facelifts, necklifts and browlifting, eyelid surgery, as well as rhinoplasty, which involves both technically exacting skill and a keen eye for aesthetic balance.

2. (countable) An instance of such surgery; one operation (procedure).
   • 2020 August 12, Tatiana Boncompagni, “The New Nose: Is the Bump Back?”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Gone is the era of the cookie-cutter, ski jump nose. Today’s cosmetic doctors are approaching rhinoplasties with a more artistic, individualized approach, using new surgical and nonsurgical techniques to refine rather than revamp one of the most prominent features of the face.

Synonyms

• nasoplasty
• nose job
• noselift

Derived terms

• rhinoplastic

Related terms

• facelift
• facioplasty

Translations

plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose

• Catalan: rinoplàstia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼻整形術／鼻整形术 (bízhěngxíngshù), 鼻成形術／鼻成形术 (bíchéngxíngshù)

• Finnish: rinoplastia (fi), nenäleikkaus
• French: rhinoplastie (fr) f
• German: Nasenplastik f, plastische Nasenoperation f, Rhinoplastik (de) f
• Greek: ρινοπλαστική (el) f (rinoplastikí)
• Icelandic: neflögun f
• Italian: rinoplastica (it) f
• Japanese: 鼻形成術 (びけいせいじゅつ, bikeiseijutsu)
• Manx: aachummey stronney m
• Persian: رینوپلاستی (fa) (rinoplâsti)
• Portuguese: rinoplastia f
• Romanian: rinoplastie (ro) f
• Russian: ринопла́стика (ru) f (rinoplástika)
• Spanish: rinoplastia (es) f
• Swedish: näsplastik (sv) c, rinoplastik c
• Turkish: rinoplasti, burun ameliyatı