reconstructive surgery
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3.9
- noun
- /ˌriːkənˈstrʌktɪv ˈsɜːrdʒəri/
- Specialized
:
cirugía reconstructiva
- After her accident, she received reconstructive surgery on her leg to help restore its function.
- plastic and reconstructive surgery
Not only in plastic surgery and reconstructive surgery, but also in sex change surgery.
- Not only in plastic surgery and reconstructive surgery, but also in sex change surgery.
Examples
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She also had reconstructive surgery to look the way she does now.
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The cost of an ACL reconstructive surgery is approximately $17,000.
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When l was older, l had reconstructive surgery and my life began.
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...from the blows to his face that would require reconstructive surgery.
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My friend Brian had reconstructive surgery on his eyes and his lip.
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Dr. Weaver specialized in child reconstructive surgery.
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The R.O.S.E. Fund routinely provides free access to facial reconstructive surgery to female victims of domestic violence.
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Well, she's gonna need some reconstructive surgery, but she's gonna be all right.
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Two weeks later, she had a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, followed by four months of chemotherapy.
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On December 6th, the family will travel to Miami Children's Hospital for cranial reconstructive surgery.
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Synonyms
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2.7
An operation in which a doctor cuts into the body to treat or repair it
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3.7
A surgery where a doctor cuts the body to fix a problem
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3.6
Operations that repair body parts or change them to improve looks
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4.2
Building something again after it is damaged or destroyed
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3.0
A medical treatment where a doctor makes a cut to fix, remove, or replace a part of the body
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The act of putting a body part back in its original place after it is removed or lost
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A medical treatment to restore blood flow to a part of the body by opening or making blood vessels
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An operation to repair the skull using a metal or plastic plate
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Surgery to replace or fix a damaged joint like a hip
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9.9
Surgery to make or fix a penis
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Surgery to fix the stomach so it works again
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A surgery that reattaches a body part cut off from the body
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9.4
Putting a new organ or tissue into a person's body again after the first one failed
Surgery that rebuilds damaged body parts to restore how they look and work
Surgery to repair a body part using tissue from another part of the person's body
A surgery that fixes damaged nerves to restore movement or feeling
Surgery to repair the anus or rectum
Surgery to repair the rectum or anus after injury
How Restorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'surgery that restores form and function' is directly compositional from 'reconstructive' (restoring or rebuilding) + 'surgery' (operative medical procedure). This adjective+noun combination follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Reconstructive surgery comes from the simple image of rebuilding a broken thing: reconstructive means to put parts back together and surgery is an operation on the body, so the phrase refers to operations that 'restore how the body looks and works'.