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-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

< Greek -plastia. See -plast, -y3
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British Dictionary definitions for -plasty

-plasty

n combining form

indicating plastic surgery involving a bodily part, tissue, or a specified processrhinoplasty; neoplasty

Word Origin for -plasty

from Greek -plastia; see -plast
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Word Origin and History for -plasty

word-forming element meaning "act or process of forming," also "plastic surgery" applied to a specific part, from Greek -plastia, from plastos "molded, formed," verbal adjective from plassein "to mold" (see plasma).

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-plasty in Medicine

-plasty

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Molding or forming surgically; plastic surgery:dermatoplasty.
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