thermoplasty

English edit

Etymology edit

thermo- +‎ -plasty

Noun edit

thermoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural thermoplasties)

(surgery) A treatment for asthma that involves the softening of the walls of the airways (especially the bronchus) by the application of heat

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