alloplasty
/ˈalə(ʊ)ˌplasti/noun
1Surgical repair or replacement of tissue and organs with inorganic or synthetic materials, or (especially in early use) with animal tissue; an instance of this.
2Originally Psychoanalysis. Alteration of the external environment to meet the needs of the individual; alloplastic adaptation.
- Opposed to autoplasty, adaptation of the individual to suit the environment..
Origin
Late 19th century (in an earlier sense). From allo- + -plasty.
- perioecid
- perioecus
- perioekid
- perioesophageal
- perioesophagitis
- perioikic
- perionychia
- peri-oophoritis
- perioperative
- perioperatively
- periophthalmic
- periople
- perioptic
- perioral
- periorbital
- periorbitis
- periorchitis
- periost
- periosteal
- periosteitis
- periosteocytic
- periosteoplasty
- periosteotomy
- periosteum
- periostitic