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say it: LIP-oh-suhk-shuhn
liposuction is a noun meaning "lipectomy (especially for cosmetic purposes) in which excess fatty tissue is removed from under the skin by suction". It is pronounced /ˈlɪpoʊˌsʌkʃən/ — LIP-oh-suhk-shuhn. It carries one recorded sense.
lipectomy (especially for cosmetic purposes) in which excess fatty tissue is removed from under the skin by suction
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for liposuction come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.