septoplasty

English

Etymology

From septo- +‎ -plasty.

Noun

septoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural septoplasties)

1. (surgery) A corrective surgical procedure to straighten a deviated nasal septum.
2. (surgery) A surgical procedure to harvest cartilage from the nasal septum to be used as grafting material.

Derived terms

• rhinoseptoplasty
• septoplastic

Translations

corrective surgical procedure

• Finnish: septoplastia
• German: Septumplastik f
• Ukrainian: септопластика (uk) f (septoplastyka)

Anagrams

• plastotypes