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liposuction

[lip-uh-suhk-shuhn, lahy-puh‑] / ˈlɪp əˌsʌk ʃən, ˈlaɪ pə‑ /


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The trend has empowered more women to speak up, especially after a Kazakh blogger with around a million Instagram followers died after undergoing liposuction in May.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

A plastic surgeon who performed liposuction without proper registration and lied to inspectors from the health watchdog has been suspended for 12 months.

From BBC Jan. 14, 2026

The Turkish investigation found Ms Hunt died "as a result of abdominoplasty and liposuction procedures and the complications that developed thereafter".

From BBC Dec. 18, 2025

Typically, their method involves removing fat cells from a customer via liposuction, treating the fat ostensibly to extract stem cells, and injecting those cells into the customer’s body.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2025

A sentence beginning with It is or There is is often a candidate for liposuction: There is competition between groups for resources works just fine as Groups compete for resources.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

In the United States this year, the grease from some 400,000 liposuctions will be sealed in biohazard containers and incinerated, in accordance with state and federal law.

From Slate Dec. 17, 2009

Over the past two years Navy plastic surgeons in San Diego have performed 544 free nose jobs, face-lifts, liposuctions and other cosmetic treatments on officers, sailors and their dependents.

From Time Magazine Archive




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