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hernioplasty

American

[hur-nee-uh-plas-tee] / ˈhɜr ni əˌplæs ti /

noun

Surgery.

an operation for the repair of a hernia.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

hernioplasties

plural

Etymology

Origin of hernioplasty

hernio- + -plasty

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