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rhinoplasty
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rhi·no·plas·ty  (rn-plst, -n-)
n. pl. rhi·no·plas·ties
Plastic surgery of the nose.
rhino·plastic adj.
rhinoplasty [ˈraɪnəʊˌplæstɪ]
n
(Medicine / Surgery) plastic surgery of the nose
rhinoplastic  adj
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Noun1.rhinoplasty - cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose
nose job
cosmetic surgery, face lift, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, face lifting, lift - 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; "some actresses have more than one face lift"
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rhinoplasty [ˈraɪnəʊplæstɪ] N → rinoplastia f
rhinoplasty
n (Med) → Nasenkorrektur f, → Rhinoplastik f (spec)
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10,11) While surgeons have wide latitude in how we perform individual operations depending on the anatomy of a given patient, rhinoplasties generally involve five procedures: * removing a dorsal hump; * narrowing the bony nasal arch; * lowering and/or shortening the upper lateral cartilages; * narrowing and/or lowering the nasal tip; and * shortening and fitting the cartilaginous septum.
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DID you know that humans can tell the difference between 10,000 different odours, that the first reported rhinoplasties - aka nose jobs - were done in Italy during the Renaissance in the 14th century, and are now the most common form of plastic surgery among men and women?
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THE BASIC FACTS Rhinoplasties, otherwise known as nose jobs, are among the most common reconstructive plastic surgery procedures performed.
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