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Topic: HAIR AND BEAUTY

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Greek
Origin: rhis 'nose' + English -plasty 'plastic surgery' (from French -plastie, from Greek -plastes 'shaper', from plassein; PLASTIC2)

rhinoplasty

 noun
     
rhi‧no‧plas‧ty [uncountable] medical
MHDCB plastic surgery on your nose [↪ nose job]
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