-plasty

-plasty

English

Etymology

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Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō

Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō?

Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós)der.

English -plasty

Derived from Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós, “molded, formed”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /-ˈplæs.ti/
Hyphenation: -plas‧ty

Suffix

-plasty

(surgery) Repair or restoration of a part or function.
Molding or shaping through a surgical procedure.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -plasty

acetabuloplasty

cardiomyoplasty

cheilorhinoplasty

choledochoplasty

columelloplasty

commissuroplasty

conjunctivoplasty

epicanthoplasty

esophagojejunoduodenoplasty

laser hemorrhoidoplasty

ligamentoplasty

neoumbilicoplasty

quadricepsplasty

rhinoseptoplasty

septorhinoplasty

strictureplasty

supraglottoplasty

trabeculoplasty

uvulopalatoplasty

ventriculoplasty

vestibuloplasty

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian: -пластика f (-plastika)
Catalan: -plàstia f
Czech: -plastika f
Danish: -plastik
Finnish: -plastia
French: -plastie (fr) f
German: -plastik
Greek: -πλαστική f (-plastikí)
Italian: -plastica f
Persian: ـپلاستی (-plâsti)
Polish: -plastyka f
Portuguese: -plastia (pt) f
Romanian: -plastie
Russian: -пла́стика f (-plástika)
Spanish: -plastia (es) f
Swedish: -plastik
Turkish: -plasti

See also

Further reading

“-plasty”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

platys, yplast