[oto- + -plasty]-plasty is a combining form with the meanings “molding, formation” “surgical repair, plasticsurgery,” used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix-plasty include: angioplasty, galvanoplasty, heteroplasty
Examples of 'otoplasty' in a sentence
otoplasty
Other popular procedures include nose jobs (rhinoplasty), liposuction, eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), ear correction (otoplasty), facelifts and neck-lifts.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Ear reshaping, known as otoplasty, can remodel the stiff cartilage in the ear and reposition them closer to the head.
The Sun (2014)
Unless you have sticky-out lugs: otoplasty, ear correction to you and me, plummeted by 23 per cent.