rhytidoplasty

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rhytidoplasty - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rhytidoplasty
      n 1: plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging
           from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and
           skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some
           actresses have more than one face lift" [syn: face lift,
           facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery,
           rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck]