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kineplastics

kineplastics noun: the branch of surgery that deals with kineplastic amputation, in which the muscles of the stump are arranged to support voluntary control of a specially designed prosthesis.

Noun

kineplastics pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The branch of surgery that deals with kineplastic amputation, in which the muscles of the stump are arranged to support voluntary control of a specially designed prosthesis.
    • As a result of kineplastics, it is possible to utilize those stumps which, up to the present, had always been held as incapable.1918, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
    • In Italy, physical therapy has reached a high standard, and especially that branch of orthopedic surgery known as kineplastics.1919, Military Medicine - Volume 45, page 672

Questions about kineplastics

What does kineplastics mean?
Kineplastics means the branch of surgery that deals with kineplastic amputation, in which the muscles of the stump are arranged to support voluntary control of a specially designed prosthesis.
What part of speech is kineplastics?
Kineplastics is a noun.

Words near kineplastics in the dictionary

  1. kinemorphic
  2. kinemorphs
  3. kineograph
  4. kineographs
  5. kineplastic
  6. kineplastics
  7. kineplasty
  8. kinepock
  9. kinepox
  10. Kiner
  11. Kineret

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