different between facelift vs rhytidectomy

facelift

English

Alternative forms

  • face-lift, face lift

Etymology

From face +? lift.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fe?s?l?ft/

Noun

facelift (plural facelifts)

  1. Plastic surgery to the face to remove wrinkles, fat or various signs of aging.
  2. (by extension) Any activity undertaken to renew, revamp, update, or improve the appearance of something.

Translations

Verb

facelift (third-person singular simple present facelifts, present participle facelifting, simple past and past participle facelifted)

  1. To perform a facelift upon.

Translations

Further reading

  • facelift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • fact file, factfile

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English facelift.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fe?s.l?ft/
  • Hyphenation: face?lift

Noun

facelift m (plural facelifts, diminutive faceliftje n)

  1. A facelift (remodelling of a face, facade, front or general appearance of someone or something).

facelift From the web:

  • what facelift means
  • what's facelift_x64
  • what facelift do
  • what's facelift in french
  • what facelift is all about
  • what facelift used for
  • facelift what age
  • facelift what to expect


rhytidectomy

English

Etymology

rhytid (undesirable wrinkle in the skin) +? -ectomy (excision)

Noun

rhytidectomy (plural rhytidectomies)

  1. (surgery) Plastic surgery to reduce the visible signs of aging in the face by removing wrinkles.

Synonyms

  • facelift
  • rhytidoplasty
  • nip and tuck

rhytidectomy From the web:

  • rhytidectomy what does it mean
  • what is rhytidectomy cosmetic surgery
  • what is rhytidectomy surgery
  • what is rhytidectomy
  • what do rhytidectomy
  • what do rhytidectomy mean
  • what does rhytidectomy
  • what mean rhytidectomy
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like