liposuction

English

Etymology

lipo- +‎ suction

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlai.poʊ.ˌsʌk.ʃn̩/

Noun

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.

Translations

cosmetic surgery procedure in which bodily fat is removed by suction

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抽脂 (zh) (chōuzhī), 吸脂 (zh) (xīzhī)

• Czech: liposukce f
• Esperanto: liposukcio, graso-desuĉado
• Estonian: rasvaimu (et)
• Finnish: rasvaimu (fi)
• French: liposuccion (fr) f
• German: Fettabsaugung (de) f, Liposuktion (de) f
• Greek: λιποαναρρόφηση (el) f (lipoanarrófisi)
• Hebrew: שאיבת שומן f (sh'ivát-shumán)
• Hungarian: zsírleszívás (hu)
• Italian: liposuzione (it) f
• Japanese: 脂肪吸引 (しぼうきゅういん, shibōkyūin)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fettsuging (no) m or f

• Polish: liposukcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: lipoaspiração (pt) f
• Russian: липоса́кция (ru) f (liposákcija)
• Spanish: liposucción (es) f
• Swedish: fettsugning (sv) c
• Turkish: yağ aldırma ameliyatı, liposakşın, liposuction

Verb

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

1. (medicine) To remove by liposuction.
   • 2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1]:

     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.