2006-12-17 01:01:51 · 5 answers · asked by Terence 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
The word "plastic" comes from the Greek word plastikos, meaning "to mold or shape."
Many of the first plastic surgeries were developed to close a difficult wound or replace tissue lost due to injury or cancer. These procedures often involved the formation of a skin flap to reshape or mold the defect so as to approximate the original shape
2006-12-17 01:04:57 · answer #1 · answered by Katie 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
because when you think of something fake, you usually think plastic,like a Barbie....or because the people getting plastic surgery are shallow & "plastic", because a real breast is soft and supple and a fake breast is hard and immobile like plasitc.... I can go on and on...LOL.. but seriously here is the definition...The word "plastic" derives from the Greek plastikos meaning to mold or to shape; its use here is not connected with the synthetic polymer material known as plastic.Plastic surgery is a specialty that uses surgical techniques to improve the appearance and function of patients' bodies.[1] Some of these operations are called "cosmetic", and others are called "reconstructive".
2006-12-17 09:06:05 · answer #2 · answered by Michele A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bcoz plastic also means artificial...all u get from a plastic surgery is not natural...
2006-12-17 17:01:02 · answer #3 · answered by helianthus710 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
plastic means to model or to shape.
2006-12-17 09:47:37 · answer #4 · answered by ashwin_hariharan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes there IS plasic involved.
2006-12-17 09:27:44 · answer #5 · answered by Tina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋