Editing Plastic surgery (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''plastic'' in ''plastic surgery'' refers to the concept of "reshaping" and comes from the Greek πλαστική (τέχνη), ''plastikē'' (''tekhnē''), "the art of modelling" of [[malleable]] [[Tissue (biology)|flesh]].<ref>[[Oxford English Dictionary]], ''s.v.'' [http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/145291 'plastic']</ref>  This meaning in English is seen as early as 1598.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/science/plastic-surgery|title=plastic surgery |website=OED Online|publisher=Britannica|access-date=12 February 2015}}</ref> In the surgical context, the word "plastic" first appeared in 1816 and was established in 1838 by Eduard Zeis,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Zeis |first=Eduard |title=Handbuch der plastischen Chirurgie |publisher=Reimer |year=1838 |location=Berlin |language=German}}</ref> preceding the modern technical usage of the word as "engineering material made from [[petroleum]]" by 70 years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Plastic|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=plastic|publisher=Etymonline|access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>