gastroplasty
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- noun
- /ˈɡæstroʊˌplæsti/
- Specialized
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gastroplastia
- Many patients choose to undergo gastroplasty to aid in their weight loss journey.
Examples
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After her gastroplasty, she was advised to follow a specific diet to ensure safety and effectiveness.
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Evidence of the reduced absorption of various preparations, including LT4, as a consequence of jejunoileal bypass and gastric bypass/gastroplasty, was documented in a review article by Padwal et al.
Academic text (2016) -
The doctor explained that gastroplasty is one option for individuals struggling with severe obesity.
How Restrictive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
gastroplasty = gastro + plast + y
The bariatric sense still follows the same specialized medical pattern, but the exact procedure of reducing stomach size is not fully predictable from general English knowledge alone.
Etymology
Gastroplasty breaks into gastro- ('stomach') and -plasty ('to shape' or 'repair'). So in weight-loss medicine it means shaping the stomach to make it smaller and help a person eat less.