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S-plasty

S-plasty noun: a surgical technique to repair skin defects by means of a long, approximately S-shaped incision.

Noun

S-plasty (countable and uncountable, plural S-plasties)

  1. A surgical technique to repair skin defects by means of a long, approximately S-shaped incision.

Forms of S-plasty

pluralS-plasties

Origin of S-plasty

From S + -plasty.

Questions about S-plasty

What does S-plasty mean?
S-plasty means a surgical technique to repair skin defects by means of a long, approximately S-shaped incision.
What part of speech is S-plasty?
S-plasty is a noun.
What is the plural of S-plasty?
The plural of S-plasty is S-plasties.

Words near S-plasty in the dictionary

  1. s-mobile
  2. S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine
  3. s-perfect
  4. s-perfects
  5. S-plasties
  6. S-plasty
  7. S-pole
  8. S-poles
  9. s-process
  10. s-processes
  11. S-protein

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