liposuction

From lipo- +‎ suction.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlai.poʊˌsʌk.ʃn̩/

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liposuction (countable and uncountable, plural liposuctions)

1. (medicine) A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction.

   Synonyms: (informal) lipo, lipoaspiration

   • 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone):

     Wasn't my Mom a betty? She died when I was just a baby. A fluke accident during a routine liposuction. I don't remember her, but I like to pretend she still watches over me.

   • 2008 October 22, Associated Press, “Physician Faces Murder Charges for 3 Liposuction Deaths”, in Fox News‎^[1]:

     Dr. Peter Normann, the physician who performed liposuctions and other procedures, has been charged in Superior Court with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of manslaughter.

   • 2012 July 25, Dr. Anthony Youn, “Plastic surgery: ‘Wild West’ of medicine”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     One of my patients, a beautiful 25-year-old woman, was left with shark bite-sized divots all over her thighs and stomach after undergoing laser liposuction by a family medicine doctor.

   • 2021 May 30, Oscar Holland, “From ancient Egypt to Beverly Hills: A brief history of plastic surgery”, in CNN‎^[3]:

     But a number of surgeons and clinics have reported an increased demand for surgery on those body parts most visible during video calls – neck liposuctions, lower facelifts and under-eye fillers.

liposuction (third-person singular simple present liposuctions, present participle liposuctioning, simple past and past participle liposuctioned)

1. (medicine) To remove by liposuction.

   Synonyms: lipo, liposuck

   • 2014 February 27, Dr. Anthony Youn, “2013: The Year of the butt?”, in CNN‎^[4]:

     It’s not easy to get curves like theirs. The most common type of buttock enhancement, called the “Brazilian Butt Lift,” involves liposuctioning fat from the thighs or hips, purifying it, and then re-injecting it into the buttocks.

   • 2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[5], archived from the original on 13 May 2022:

     When Randi Wright got a Brazilian butt lift in 2020 — a complex surgery in which fat is liposuctioned from the abdomen or lower back or other fleshy parts and used to enlarge and shape the buttocks — she knew she couldn’t afford the most expensive post-op care.