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thermoplasty

thermoplasty noun: a treatment for asthma that involves the softening of the walls of the airways (especially the bronchus) by the application of heat.

Noun

thermoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural thermoplasties)

  1. A treatment for asthma that involves the softening of the walls of the airways (especially the bronchus) by the application of heat

Forms of thermoplasty

pluralthermoplasties

Origin of thermoplasty

From thermo- + -plasty.

Words formed from thermoplasty

Questions about thermoplasty

What does thermoplasty mean?
Thermoplasty means a treatment for asthma that involves the softening of the walls of the airways (especially the bronchus) by the application of heat.
What part of speech is thermoplasty?
Thermoplasty is a noun.
What is the plural of thermoplasty?
The plural of thermoplasty is thermoplasties.

Words near thermoplasty in the dictionary

  1. thermoplasticization
  2. thermoplasticize
  3. thermoplasticized
  4. thermoplasticizing
  5. thermoplastics
  6. thermoplasty
  7. thermopleion
  8. thermopleions
  9. thermopneumatic
  10. Thermopolis
  11. thermopolium

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