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coloplasty

coloplasty noun: surgery on the colon; often, especially, partial resection thereof.

Noun

coloplasty (countable and uncountable, plural coloplasties)

  1. (uncountable) Surgery on the colon; often, especially, partial resection thereof.
  2. (countable) An instance of such surgery; one such operation (procedure).

Forms of coloplasty

pluralcoloplasties

Origin of coloplasty

From colo- + -plasty.

Questions about coloplasty

What does coloplasty mean?
Coloplasty means surgery on the colon; often, especially, partial resection thereof.
What part of speech is coloplasty?
Coloplasty is a noun.
What is the plural of coloplasty?
The plural of coloplasty is coloplasties.

Words near coloplasty in the dictionary

  1. colophonites
  2. colophonitic
  3. colophons
  4. colophony
  5. coloplasties
  6. coloplasty
  7. coloplexy
  8. coloposcopy
  9. coloproctitis
  10. coloproctological
  11. coloproctologist

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