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a combining form with the meanings “molding, formation” “surgical repair, plastic surgery,” used in the formation of compound words: angioplasty; galvanoplasty; heteroplasty.
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Words nearby -plasty
plastometer, plastoquinone, plastotype, plastral, plastron, -plasty, -plasy, plat, Plata, Plataea, platan
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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 processrhinoplasty; neoplasty
Word Origin for -plasty
from Greek -plastia; see -plast
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Medical definitions for -plasty
-plasty
suff.
Molding or forming surgically; plastic surgery:dermatoplasty.
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