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-plasty

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós, “molded, formed”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /-ˈplæsti/

Suffix

-plasty

(surgery) Repair or restoration of a part or function.
Molding or shaping through a surgical procedure.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -plasty

acetabuloplasty

cardiomyoplasty

cheilorhinoplasty

choledochoplasty

columelloplasty

commissuroplasty

conjunctivoplasty

epicanthoplasty

ligamentoplasty

neoumbilicoplasty

quadricepsplasty

rhinoseptoplasty

septorhinoplasty

strictureplasty

supraglottoplasty

trabeculoplasty

uvulopalatoplasty

ventriculoplasty

vestibuloplasty

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian: -пластика f (-plastika)
Catalan: -plàstia f
Czech: -plastika f
Danish: -plastik
Finnish: -plastia
French: -plastie (fr) f
German: -plastik
Greek: -πλαστική f (-plastikí)
Italian: -plastica f
Persian: ـپلاستی (-plâsti)
Polish: -plastyka f
Portuguese: -plastia (pt) f
Romanian: -plastie
Russian: -пла́стика f (-plástika)
Spanish: -plastia (es) f
Swedish: -plastik
Turkish: -plasti

See also

Anagrams

platys, yplast

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