-plasty

noun combining form

Definition of -PLASTY

: plastic surgery <osteoplasty>

French -plastie, from Late Greek -plastia molding, from Greek -plastēs molder, from plassein

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noun combining form -plas·ty \ˌplas-tē\

plural -plas·ties

: plastic surgery <osteoplasty>

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