cosmesis

Meaning

Noun

• The preservation, restoration, or bestowing of physical beauty, especially to the human body.
• The correction of disfigurement, as by surgery or tattooing.
• The results of cosmetic procedures or interventions.
• A procedure or intervention to improve appearance.
• The creation of life-like prosthetic limbs.
• A prosthetic limb with life-like appearance.

Origin

• From Ancient Greek κόσμησις ("an adorning"), from κοσμέω, κόσμος.