bichectomy en · NOUN
Etymology
From Bichat's fat pad + -ectomy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Plastic surgery that removes a section of buccal fat-pad tissue from each side of the face.
Nowadays, bichectomy or facial lipectomy is a surgical procedure in great evidence worldwide […]
2016, F Jaeger, CHBC de Castro, et al., “A novel preoperative ultrasonography protocol for prediction of bichectomy procedure”, in Arquivo Brasileiro de Odontologia, volume 12, number 2:
Synonyms
buccal fat extraction · buccal fat removal
Translations (2)
pl bichektomia (buccal surgery) · pt bichectomia (buccal surgery)