Meanings
plural blepharoplasties
- medicinePlastic surgery on the eyelids to improve vision or for cosmetic reasons.
This trend, which he attributes to social media and describes as “beautification” rather than a desire to turn back the years, might involve a blepharoplasty or removing buccal fat (between the cheek and jaw bones.)
2025 August 16, Emma Jacobs, “Would you pay $200,000 to look half your age?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5Synonyms: bleph
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPlastic surgery on the eyelids to improve vision or for cosmetic reasons.
Origin
- Ancient Greekβλέφαρον (blépharon)
- Englishblepharo-
- Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
- Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
- Ancient Greekπλᾰ́σσω (plắssō)
- Ancient Greekπλᾰστός (plăstós)
- Englishblepharoplasty
Translations
Bulgarian блеферопластика
- блеферопластика (bleferoplastika)plastic surgery on the eyelid
Catalan blefaroplàstia
- blefaroplàstiaplastic surgery on the eyelid
Chinese Mandarin 重瞼術 /重睑术, 割雙眼皮 /割双眼皮
- 重瞼術 /重睑术 (chóngjiǎnshù)plastic surgery on the eyelid
- 割雙眼皮 /割双眼皮 (gēshuāngyǎnpí)plastic surgery on the eyelid
- 雙眼皮手術 /双眼皮手术 (shuāngyǎnpí shǒushù)plastic surgery on the eyelid
Czech blefaroplastika
- blefaroplastikaplastic surgery on the eyelid
Finnish blepharoplastia, silmäluomien muovausleikkaus
- blepharoplastiaplastic surgery on the eyelid
- silmäluomien muovausleikkausplastic surgery on the eyelid
French blépharoplastie
- blépharoplastieplastic surgery on the eyelid
German Augenlidplastik, Lidplastik
- Augenlidplastikplastic surgery on the eyelid
- Lidplastikplastic surgery on the eyelid
- Blepharoplastikplastic surgery on the eyelid
Icelandic augnaloksviðgerð, augnaloksgerð
- augnaloksviðgerðplastic surgery on the eyelid
- augnaloksgerðplastic surgery on the eyelid
Italian blefaroplastica
- blefaroplasticaplastic surgery on the eyelid
Polish plastyka powiek
- plastyka powiekplastic surgery on the eyelid
Portuguese blefaroplastia
- blefaroplastiaplastic surgery on the eyelid
Russian блефаропла́стика
- блефаропла́стика (blefaroplástika)plastic surgery on the eyelid
Spanish blefaroplastia
- blefaroplastiaplastic surgery on the eyelid
Swedish ögonlocksplastik, blepharoplastik
- ögonlocksplastikplastic surgery on the eyelid
- blepharoplastikplastic surgery on the eyelid
Turkish blefaroplasti
- blefaroplastiplastic surgery on the eyelid
Ukrainian блефаропла́стика
- блефаропла́стика (blefaroplástyka)plastic surgery on the eyelid
Cite this entry
blepharoplasty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blepharoplasty
“blepharoplasty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blepharoplasty. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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