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What is "cosmetic surgery"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
cosmetic surgery
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Have cosmetic surgery every two years?
▪ Health authorities have already begun to restrict services, most commonly removal of tattoos and cosmetic surgery.
▪ I have seen too many people who have looked odd after cosmetic surgery.
▪ It would be so even if cosmetic surgery were painless, which it most definitely is not.
▪ More women are now undergoing cosmetic surgery more and more often.
▪ The aim is to tell the surgeons about a survey which shows the most popular forms of cosmetic surgery.
▪ We talked about cosmetic surgery and we asked to see the scars.
▪ Women who undergo cosmetic surgery still far outnumber their male counterparts.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
cosmetic surgery

elective surgery \e*lect"ive sur"ger*y\, n. surgery that is not essential, especially surgery to correct a condition that is not life-threatening; surgery that is not required for survival. See also cosmetic surgery.

Wiktionary
cosmetic surgery

n. Surgery (and related medical treatment) to improve appearance rather than for health reasons.

WordNet
cosmetic surgery

n. 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, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck]

Usage examples of "cosmetic surgery".

I'm a fair amateur sculptor, I learned it when I studied cosmetic surgery.

Vlad and Ursula had been doing some cosmetic surgery on his face, enough so that he didn't look like the old Sax.

Vlad and Ursula had been doing some cosmetic surgery on his face, enough so that he didn’.

Funny thing is, that sadistic little shit Hakim messed me up so much, cosmetic surgery was necessary anyhow.

The first step in adopting a new identity was radical cosmetic surgery, usually involving a sex change.