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Nov 28, 2009
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-plasty




a combining form with the meanings “molding, formation” “surgical repair, plastic surgery,” used in the formation of compound words: angioplasty; galvanoplasty; heteroplasty.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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