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patelloplasty

patelloplasty noun: repair or reconstruction of the patella.

Noun

patelloplasty (plural patelloplasties)

  1. Repair or reconstruction of the patella
    • No patella replacements were used, and no other surgical patellar interventions such as lateral release or patelloplasty were performed before measurements, in order to achieve equivalent conditions before and after TKA.2015 July 21, Armin Keshmiri et al., “The influence of component alignment on patellar kinematics in total knee arthroplasty”, in Acta Orthopaedica, volume 86, →DOI

Forms of patelloplasty

pluralpatelloplasties

Origin of patelloplasty

From patello- + -plasty.

Questions about patelloplasty

What does patelloplasty mean?
Patelloplasty means repair or reconstruction of the patella.
What part of speech is patelloplasty?
Patelloplasty is a noun.
What is the plural of patelloplasty?
The plural of patelloplasty is patelloplasties.

Words near patelloplasty in the dictionary

  1. patellogastropod
  2. patellogastropods
  3. patelloid
  4. patelloids
  5. patelloplasties
  6. patelloplasty
  7. patells
  8. patellula
  9. patellulae
  10. patellulate
  11. patellulæ

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