meloplasty

English

From Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “apple, cheek”) + -plasty. Compare French méloplastie.

meloplasty (plural meloplasties)

(surgery) The operation of restoring or repairing a cheek which has been wholly or partially destroyed.
- 1897, Hermann Tillmanns, Lewis Atterbury Stimson, A Text-book of Surgery: Regional surgery, page 235:
  Acquired macrostoma, from defects following noma, for instance, is remedied according to the rules for cheiloplasty (see § 31) or meloplasty (see § 33) .
(surgery) The surgical lifting and repositioning the tissues in the cheeks and lower eyelids to create a more youthful appearance.
- 1984, Symposium on Problems and Complications in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery of the Face, page 183:
  In secondary meloplasty, it is presumed that the patient is several years older than at the time of the primary meloplasty, at least for the routine secondary procedures.
- 2009, Berish Strauch, Luis O. Vasconez, M.d., Elizabeth J. Hall-Findlay, Grabb's Encyclopedia of Flaps - Volume 1:
  When the original face-lift has been performed and it pulls down on the earlobe, a tight, tapered lobe often follows. It is unsightly and makes difficult a secondary meloplasty without an obvious scar below the lobe.