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Webster 1913 Edition


Rhinoplasty

Rhi′no-plasˊty

,
Noun.
[
Rhino-
+
-plasty
: cf. F.
rhinoplastie
.]
Plastic surgery of the nose to correct deformity or to replace lost tissue. Tissue may be transplanted from the patient’s cheek, forehead, arm, etc., or even from another person.