-plasty

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós, “molded, formed”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /-ˈplæsti/

Suffix

-plasty

1. (surgery) Repair or restoration of a part or function.
2. Molding or shaping through a surgical procedure.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -plasty

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: -пластика f (-plastika)
• Catalan: -plàstia f
• Czech: -plastika f
• Danish: -plastik
• Finnish: -plastia
• French: -plastie (fr) f
• German: -plastik
• Greek: -πλαστική f (-plastikí)
• Italian: -plastica f
• Persian: ـپلاستی (-plâsti)
• Polish: -plastyka f
• Portuguese: -plastia (pt) f
• Romanian: -plastie
• Russian: -пла́стика f (-plástika)
• Spanish: -plastia (es) f
• Swedish: -plastik
• Turkish: -plasti

See also

• -ectomy
• -ostomy
• -tomy

Anagrams

• platys, yplast