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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
reconstructive
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
surgery
▪ She made a documentary about having reconstructive surgery, to help other women understand what the process was like.
▪ Surgeons who performed reconstructive surgery encountered many problems similar to those faced by their medical colleagues.
▪ He's said to be recovering well from an eyelid operation and reconstructive surgery on his nose.
▪ Next came a small hospital with a reconstructive surgery unit equipped with prosthetic and orthotic appliances and other inputs.
▪ A plastic surgeon said no decision would be made on whether they needed reconstructive surgery until their wounds healed.
▪ A senior, Anchrum missed 33 games after reconstructive surgery on his right knee.
▪ After barely surviving her ordeal, the young woman began years of reconstructive surgery.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A plastic surgeon said no decision would be made on whether they needed reconstructive surgery until their wounds healed.
▪ A senior, Anchrum missed 33 games after reconstructive surgery on his right knee.
▪ After barely surviving her ordeal, the young woman began years of reconstructive surgery.
▪ He's said to be recovering well from an eyelid operation and reconstructive surgery on his nose.
▪ Next came a small hospital with a reconstructive surgery unit equipped with prosthetic and orthotic appliances and other inputs.
▪ Now, with Rice out while he recovers from reconstructive knee surgery, the ball is being spread around.
▪ She made a documentary about having reconstructive surgery, to help other women understand what the process was like.
▪ Surgeons who performed reconstructive surgery encountered many problems similar to those faced by their medical colleagues.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reconstructive

Reconstructive \Re`con*struct"ive\ (-str?k"t?v), a. Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a reconstructive policy.

Wiktionary
reconstructive

a. which reconstructs

WordNet
reconstructive

adj. helping to restore to good condition; "reconstructive surgery"; "rehabilitative exercises" [syn: rehabilitative]

Wikipedia

Usage examples of "reconstructive".

He did not give two hoots about certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, or the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, or the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.

Icove Center for Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery, Lieutenant Eve Dallas was fully prepared to go to war.

The center here has the finest pediatric reconstructive department in the world, in my opinion.

My impression was his field of interest was reconstructive surgery and sculpting.

He implemented some of his innovations in reconstructive surgery on that battlefield.

She assured me that the Icove Center was the finest reconstructive and sculpting facility in the country, and that even with the tragedies, the center was in good hands.

Wilson and his wife had already founded their school, and Icove moved forward in his field of reconstructive surgery, adding his cosmetic sculpting.

Pilar, and Manolo, and Cruz said both were well, although Manolo would still need more reconstructive surgery for his scarred skin.

Humanity, he would not have failed to perceive that the attempt to measure the capacities and requirements of Society by the capacities and requirements of any individual or individuals, how catholic soever they may be, is but the repetition of the Procrustean principle on a broader basis, and that a reconstructive movement established on such a foundation could not meet the wants of this individualized epoch.

A 1995 journal article warned plastic surgeons to preserve the human vomeronasal organ during reconstructive surgery, lest damage lead to loss of sexual interest and subsequent litigation.

DeFore, the Cerberus redoubt's resident medic, had performed major reconstructive surgery, fitting her with an artificial ball-and-socket joint.

She assured me that the Icove Center was the finest reconstructive and sculpting facility in the country, and that even with the tragedies, the center was in good hands.

From the perfection of Hubert Kepler's dentition it is possible to infer that he had a sheltered upbringing (full time bodyguards from the time his adult teeth erupted from the gumline) or that his choice of careers was motivated by a very personal interest in reconstructive oral surgery.

Forget reconstructive surgery, there goes half the chief's stable, and on the first day of principal photography.

Because Roat had been bound for Imperial Center for reconstructive surgery, the prosthetic had been modified and minimized to be a metal device that built up his right eye socket, with a thin line of metal that led down to the blinking device that pressed against his larynx and altered the sound of his voice.