gastroplasty
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈɡæstroʊˌplæsti/
- Specialized
:
gastroplastia
- The doctor explained that gastroplasty can help patients who have difficulty digesting food due to stomach defects.
Examples
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He chose to have gastroplasty as part of his treatment plan for restoring his stomach's health after the accident.
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So DC the staples on the gastroplasty in post op.
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After her severe stomach injury, she underwent gastroplasty to restore its function.
Synonyms
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2.7
An operation in which a doctor cuts into the body to treat or repair it
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3.6
Operations that repair body parts or change them to improve looks
14
3.9
An operation that fixes body parts so they look and work better after injury or disease
Surgery that rebuilds damaged body parts to restore how they look and work
How Invasive
- Specialized
1
6.7
- Specialized
1
8.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
gastroplasty = gastro + plast + y
The medical meaning is fairly literal from the classical elements for 'stomach' and surgical reshaping or repair, but it depends on specialized combining forms rather than everyday English vocabulary.
Etymology
Gastroplasty breaks into gastro- ('stomach') and -plasty ('to shape' or 'repair'). So it literally means shaping or fixing the stomach, which is why the word names operations that rebuild a damaged stomach.