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face-lift (n.)
[face-lift 词源字典]
also
facelift
, 1934, from
face-lifting
(1922); see
face
(n.) +
lift
(n.).
[face-lift etymology, face-lift origin, 英语词源]
rhytidectomy
"Plastic surgery for the removal of lines or wrinkles from the skin, especially of the face; an instance of this, a facelift", 1930s; earliest use found in Richard John Ernst Scott (1863–1932). From ancient Greek
ῥυτιδ-
,
ῥυτίς
wrinkle +
-ectomy
.