-plasty

Medical Suffix
-plasty

-plasty means surgical repair (from the Greek).

What does -plasty mean?

The suffix -plasty means "surgical repair". It is used to build many medical terms, and comes from the Greek.

Example words using -plasty

WordMeaning
angioplastyrepair of a vessel
rhinoplastynose reshaping

Related word parts

-ectomy · -otomy

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