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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose [syn: nose job, rhinoplasty]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Date: 1842 plastic surgery on the nose usually for cosmetic purposes

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. plastic surgery of the nose. Derivatives: rhinoplastic adj.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rhinoplasty Rhi"no*plas`ty, n. [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.