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alloplasty

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[al-uh-plas-tee] / ˈæl əˌplæs ti /

noun

Surgery.
alloplasties plural

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

Etymology

Origin of alloplasty

allo- + -plasty

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

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