-plasty
a combining form with the meanings “molding, formation” “surgical repair, plastic surgery,” used in the formation of compound words: angioplasty; galvanoplasty; heteroplasty.
Origin of -plasty
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I begun to have a suspicion the stuff was made of sawdust with plasty of Paris fur frostin'.
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British Dictionary definitions for -plasty
-plasty
n combining form
indicating plastic surgery involving a bodily part, tissue, or a specified process: rhinoplasty; neoplasty
Origin of -plasty
1from Greek -plastia; see -plast
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