staphyloplastyn.
/ˌstafɪləʊˈplasti/ (See quot. 1890.)
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > fixation and repair operations > [noun] > repair > of specific parts
rhinoplastic1823
rhinoplasty1828
cheiloplasty1842
uranoplasty1844
staphyloplasty1846
uranoplastic1850
genyplasty1857
stomatoplasty1860
palatoplasty1873
posthioplasty1874
perineoplasty1875
vaginoplasty1877
myringoplasty1879
thoracoplasty1890
tracheloplasty1890
labioplasty1896
utriculoplasty1910
angioplasty1912
pyeloplasty1913
mammaplasty1938
valvuloplasty1948
tympanoplasty1955
tuboplasty1961
balloon angioplasty1980
blepharoplasty-
1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 363 When there is only a narrow fissure in the velum, we have staphyloraphy, properly so called; when this cleft, very much separated, simulates a loss of substance, staphyloplasty.
1890 G. M. Gould New Med. Dict. 415/1 Staphyloplasty,..a plastic operation for the closure of cleft palate.
Derivatives
ˌstaphyloˈplastic adj.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > fixation and repair operations > [adjective] > repair operations on specific parts
rhinoplastic1824
labioplastic1840
blepharoplastic1841
posthioplastic1842
staphyloplastic1842
stomatoplastic1842
cheiloplastic1847
osteoplastic1862
uranoplastic1865
staphylorrhaphic1875
angioplastic1913
mammaplastic1947
tympanoplastic1955
1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Staphyloplastic, the operation for replacing the soft palate, where it has been lost.
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