Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, the transplantation of tissue to supply new material for the cheeks when a considerable part has been destroyed by disease or injury.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surg.) The process of restoring a cheek which has been destroyed wholly or in part.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun surgery The
operation of restoring acheek which has been wholly or partially destroyed.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek an apple, a cheek + -plasty: compare French méloplastie.
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