Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0091 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-plasty: Surgical Repair
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The idea
The suffix plasty names surgical repair or reconstruction of the structure its root identifies.
In practice
Rhinoplasty is surgical repair of the nose.
Where people slip
Plasty rebuilds a structure. It does not remove or merely open it.
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