alloplasty

[al-uh-plas-tee]

noun

Surgery.

plural

alloplasties 

1. implantation of a synthetic material to replace a diseased or damaged body tissue or organ.

Word History and Origins

Origin of alloplasty¹

allo- + -plasty

Example Sentences

But the current mush rooming of alloplasty had to await the proliferation of synthetic plastics.

From Time Magazine Archive