glassing n.— «Surgeon Gordian Fulde has seen more than his fair share of people sliced open in glassing attacks.…“We get people who we have to stitch up all over their body from being attacked with a glass or a broken bottle...
mom job n.— «Mommy surgery appeals both as a quick fix for stubborn postpregnancy weight and as a way to control aging itself. Dozens of doctors devote parts of their Web sites to the mom job, including Dr. Lloyd M. Krieger, a plastic...
mommy makeover n.— «Dr. David A. Stoker, a plastic surgeon in Marina Del Rey, Calif., has a surgical cure for the ravages of motherhood. He, like many plastic surgeons nationwide, calls it a “mommy makeover.” Aimed at mothers, it usually...
walking blood bank n.— «That day was mad, with every surgeon and anesthetist in a constant sprint, and the I.C.U. full, blood everywhere. We emptied the blood bank and had to activate the walking blood bank. Soldiers lined up outside the...
mobile phone elbow n.— «A surgeon from a Beijing hospital says more and more white-collar workers are turning up with a strange disease they dub “mobile phone elbow.” The patients’ elbows are painful or numb, and sometimes...
luchtime lipo n.— «Plastic surgeon James Shaw said he has treated, for example, a number of patients with dead or infected skin who sought help after getting treatments from the latest fad: injected chemicals that help dissolve fat, also...