arthroplasty

English

Etymology

arthro- +‎ -plasty

Noun

arthroplasty (plural arthroplasties)

1. (surgery) The surgical repair of a joint, or creation of an artificial joint, such as a hip replacement.

Derived terms

• alloarthroplasty
• hemiarthroplasty
• postarthroplasty

 

Related terms

• arthroplastic

Translations

surgical repair of a joint

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 關節成形術／关节成形术 (guānjié chéngxíng shù)

• Finnish: artroplastia, nivelenmuovausleikkaus
• Greek: αρθροπλαστική (el) f (arthroplastikí)
• Portuguese: artroplastia f
• Spanish: artroplastia f