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Webster 1913 Edition


-plasty

-plas′ty

.
[Gr. [GREEK] to mold, form.]
A combining form denoting the act or process of forming, development, growth;
as, auto
plasty
, perineo
plasty
.

Definition 2024


-plasty

-plasty

English

Suffix

-plasty

  1. Medical suffix meaning repair or restoration of a part or function.
  2. Molding or shaping through a surgical procedure.

Derived terms

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