-plasty

-plasty
\\ˌplastē, -laas-, -lais-, -ti\ noun combining form (-es)
Etymology: French -plastie, from Greek -plastia form, mold, from -plastos -plast + -ia -y

dermatoplasty

autoplasty

cineplasty

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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.
[ < Gk -plastia. See -PLAST, -Y3]

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-plasty /-plas-ti/
combining form
Signifying plastic surgery involving a bodily part, tissue or a specified process, as in rhinoplasty
ORIGIN: Gr -plastia; cf ↑-plast

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-plasty,
combining form. molding; formation; plastic surgery, as in mammoplasty, neoplasty, osteoplasty.
╂[< Greek -plastia + plástēs one who molds < plastós molded < plássein to mold]

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comb. form molding, grafting, or formation of a specified part, esp. a part of the body

rhinoplasty

Origin:
based on Greek plastos ‘formed, molded’. Compare with plastic surgery

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-plasty
combining element, repr. Gr. -πλαστία, f. πλαστός formed, moulded, used in sense ‘moulding, formation’ in technical terms, chiefly of surgery, as dermatoplasty, hypoplasty, osteoplasty.

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  • -plasty — plas ty [Gr. ? to mold, form.] A combining form denoting the act or process of forming, development, growth; as, autoplasty, perineoplasty. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • -plasty — element meaning act or process of forming, plastic surgery, from Gk. plastia, from plastos molded, formed (see PLASTER (Cf. plaster) (n.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • -plasty — [plas′tē] [Gr plastia < plastos, formed < plassein, to form: see PLASTIC] combining form plastic surgery involving a (specified) part of the body, source of tissue, or purpose [rhinoplasty, autoplasty, neoplasty] …   English World dictionary

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  • -plasty — noun combining form Etymology: French plastie, from Late Greek plastia molding, from Greek plastēs molder, from plassein plastic surgery < osteoplasty > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • -plasty — a combining form with the meanings molding, formation surgical repair, plastic surgery, used in the formation of compound words: angioplasty; galvanoplasty; heteroplasty. [ < Gk plastia. See PLAST, Y3] * * * …   Universalium

  • -plasty — Molding, shaping or the result thereof, as of a surgical procedure. [G. plastos, formed, shaped] Surgical procedure for repair of a defect or restoration of form and/or function of a part …   Medical dictionary

  • plasty — conj. shaping, molding (used in the names of plastic surgery procedures) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • -plasty — combining form moulding or formation of a specified part, especially a part of the body: rhinoplasty. Origin based on Gk plastos formed, moulded …   English new terms dictionary

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