anaplasty

2 definitions found

anaplasty - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anaplasty \An`a*plas`ty\, n. [Gr. ? again + ? to form: cf. F.
     anaplastie.] (Surg.)
     The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal
     shape by the use of healthy tissue.
     [1913 Webster]

anaplasty - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anaplasty
      n 1: surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation
           of tissue [syn: plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery
           , anaplasty]