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TALIACOTIAN

\tˌe͡ɪlɪɐkˈə͡ʊʃən], \tˌe‍ɪlɪɐkˈə‍ʊʃən], \t_ˌeɪ_l_ɪ__ɐ_k_ˈəʊ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of TALIACOTIAN

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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See Tagliacotian.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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See Tagliacotian.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

tal-i-a-k[=o]'shi-an, adj. pertaining to the rhinoplastic operation of Tagliacozzi or Taliacotius (1546-99), in which the skin for the new nose was taken from the arm of the patient, the arm requiring to be kept in apposition with the face for about twenty days.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

T. operation, formation of new nose by means of flap taken from arm or forehead but severed only after union has taken place.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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