[Gr. plastos, molded, fr. plassein, to mold, form] Suffix meaning surgical repair.

The meaning of -PLASTY is plastic surgery. How to use -plasty in a sentence.

noun indicating plastic surgery involving a bodily part, tissue, or a specified process rhinoplasty neoplasty

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

The suffix for this is '-plasty', meaning surgical repair. One of the most common repair procedures is surgical repair of the nose, which is called rhinoplasty.

The meaning of PLASTY is a surgical procedure for the repair, restoration, or replacement (as by a prosthesis) of a part of the body. How to use plasty in a ...

plasty definition: a combining form with the meanings “molding, formation” “surgical repair, plastic surgery,” used in the formation of compound words.

[Gr. plastos, molded, fr. plassein, to mold, form] Suffix meaning surgical repair.

28 сент. 2017 г. · word-forming element meaning "act or process of forming," also "plastic surgery" applied to a specific part, from Greek -plastia, from plastos "molded, formed."