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palatoplasty

palatoplasty noun: a surgical procedure used to correct or reconstruct a cleft palate.

Noun

palatoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural palatoplasties)

  1. A surgical procedure used to correct or reconstruct a cleft palate
    Synonyms:
    staphylorrhaphy

Synonyms of palatoplasty

Forms of palatoplasty

pluralpalatoplasties

Origin of palatoplasty

From palato- + -plasty.

Questions about palatoplasty

What does palatoplasty mean?
Palatoplasty means a surgical procedure used to correct or reconstruct a cleft palate.
What part of speech is palatoplasty?
Palatoplasty is a noun.
What is the plural of palatoplasty?
The plural of palatoplasty is palatoplasties.

Words near palatoplasty in the dictionary

  1. palatopharyngeals
  2. palatopharyngei
  3. palatopharyngeus
  4. palatopharynx
  5. palatoplasties
  6. palatoplasty
  7. palatopterygoid
  8. palatopterygoquadrate
  9. palatopterygoquadrates
  10. palatoquadrate
  11. palatoquadrates

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