Definition of anaplasty Anaplasty
an•a•plas•ty
We found 6 definitions of anaplasty from 6 different sources.
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What does anaplasty mean?
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| anaplasty - surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue | ||
| plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery | ||
| surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery" | ||
| abdominoplasty, tummy tuck cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach | ||
| autoplasty surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body | ||
| cosmetic surgery, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, face lift, face lifting, facelift, lift a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes; "give your home a facelift"; "more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction" | ||
| corneal graft, corneal transplant, keratoplasty a surgical procedure in which part or all of a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by healthy corneal tissue from a donor | ||
| lipectomy, selective lipectomy plastic surgery involving the breakdown and removal of fatty tissue | ||
| mastopexy plastic surgery to lift or reshape the breasts | ||
| neuroplasty plastic surgery of the nerves | ||
| otoplasty reconstructive surgery of the auricle of the external ear | ||
| phalloplasty reconstructive surgery on the penis to repair congenital abnormality or injury | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- anaplasty (n.)
The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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anaplasty
A branch of surgery concerned with the correction or restoration of the form and function of a part of the body.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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anaplasty
an′a-plas-ti, n. the reparation of superficial lesions by the use of adjacent healthy tissue, as by transplanting a portion of skin.—adj. An′aplastic. [Gr.; that may be formed anew, ana, again, plass-ein, to form.]
Part of speech
🔤- anaplasty, noun, singular of anaplasties / anaplastyes.
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