-plasty
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Molding or forming surgically; plastic surgery:
整形外科：外科形成或塑制；成形外科：
dermatoplasty.
皮肤成形术
语源
- Greek -plastia
希腊语 -plastia - from plastos [molded]
源自 plastos [塑制的] - from plassein [to mold] * see pelə- 2
源自 plassein [塑造] *参见 pelə- 2
-plasty
combining form in countable noun
indicating plastic surgery involving a bodily part, tissue, or a specified process
⇒
rhinoplasty
⇒
neoplasty
Origin
from Greek -plastia; see -plast-plasty
Word Origin
1
a combining form with the meanings “molding, formation” “surgical repair, plastic surgery,” used in the formation of compound words:
angioplasty; galvanoplasty; heteroplasty.
Origin
< Greek -plastia. See -plast, -y3
Related Words
- abdominoplasty
- alloplasty
- anaplasty
- angioplasty
- arthroplasty
- autoplasty
-plastya word element forming a noun termination meaning 'formation', occurring in the names of processes of plastic surgery, as autoplasty, cranioplasty, dermatoplasty, neoplasty, rhinoplasty, and occasionally in other words, as galvanoplasty.
[Greek -plastia, combining form from plastos formed]-plasty
noun combining form
osteoplasty
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY French -plastie, from Late Greek -plastia molding, from Greek -plastēs molder, from plassein
: plastic surgeryosteoplasty
-plasty
combining form
- moulding, grafting, or formation of a specified part, especially a part of the body表示“打模”, “移植”, “成形”：
-
rhinoplasty.
词源
based on Greek plastos 'formed， moulded'.
-plasty
word-forming element meaning "act or process of forming," also "plastic surgery" applied to a specific part, from Greek -plastia, from plastos "molded, formed," verbal adjective from plassein "to mold" (see plasma).
ORIGIN: Greek plastos : see -plast -y 3
-plasty ⇒ Main Entry: -plastic
-plasty
combining form. molding; formation; plastic surgery, as in mammoplasty, neoplasty, osteoplasty.
[< Greek -plastia + plástēs one who molds < plastós molded < plássein to mold]
-plasty
\ˌplastē, -laas-, -lais-, -ti\ noun combining form
(-es)
Etymology: French -plastie, from Greek -plastia form, mold, from -plastos -plast + -ia -y
: plastic surgery
< dermatoplasty >
< autoplasty >
< cineplasty >
< dermatoplasty >
< autoplasty >
< cineplasty >
-plasty
Suffix
- Medical suffix meaning repair or restoration of a part or function.
- Molding or shaping through a surgical procedure.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós, “molded, formed”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -plasty