liposuction
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈlai.poʊˌsʌk.ʃn̩/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]liposuction (countable and uncountable, plural liposuctions)
- (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.
Translations
[edit]cosmetic surgery procedure in which bodily fat is removed by suction
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Verb
[edit]liposuction (third-person singular simple present liposuctions, present participle liposuctioning, simple past and past participle liposuctioned)
- (medicine) To remove by liposuction.
- 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.