liposuction

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Etymology

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From lipo- +‎ suction.

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Noun

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liposuction (countable and uncountable, plural liposuctions)

  1. (medicine) A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction.
    Synonyms: (informal) lipo, lipoaspiration
    • 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone):
      Wasn't my Mom a betty? She died when I was just a baby. A fluke accident during a routine liposuction. I don't remember her, but I like to pretend she still watches over me.

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Verb

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liposuction (third-person singular simple present liposuctions, present participle liposuctioning, simple past and past participle liposuctioned)

  1. (medicine) To remove by liposuction.
    Synonyms: lipo, liposuck
    • 2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine[1]:
      When Randi Wright got a Brazilian butt lift in 2020 — a complex surgery in which fat is liposuctioned from the abdomen or lower back or other fleshy parts and used to enlarge and shape the buttocks — she knew she couldn’t afford the most expensive post-op care.