noun
surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
• Syn: ↑plastic surgery, ↑reconstructive surgery
• Hypernyms: ↑operation, ↑surgery, ↑surgical operation, ↑surgical procedure, ↑surgical process
• Hyponyms:
↑abdominoplasty, ↑tummy tuck, ↑autoplasty, ↑face lift, ↑facelift, ↑lift, ↑face lifting, ↑cosmetic surgery, ↑rhytidectomy, ↑rhytidoplasty, ↑nip and tuck, ↑keratoplasty, ↑corneal graft, ↑corneal transplant, ↑lipectomy, ↑selective lipectomy, ↑mastopexy, ↑neuroplasty, ↑otoplasty, ↑phalloplasty, ↑proctoplasty, ↑rectoplasty
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/an"euh plas'tee/, n., pl. anaplasties.
Surg. reconstruction or restoration, esp. by plastic surgery, of a lost or injured part.
[1875-80; < Gk anáplast(os) (see ANAPLASTIC) + -Y3; cf. -PLASTY]
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anaplasty /anˈə-plä-sti/
noun
The repairing of superficial lesions by the use of adjacent healthy tissue, as by transplanting a portion of skin
ORIGIN: Gr ana again, and plassein to form
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anaplasˈtic adjective
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anaplasty Surg.(ˈænəplɑːstɪ, -æ-)
[a. Fr. anaplastie, f. Gr. ἀνάπλαστ-ος, vbl. adj. f. ἀναπλάσσ-ειν to form anew: see -y3.]
Reparation of external lesions by the use of adjacent healthy tissue.
in Syd. Soc. Lex.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.