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cineplasty

cineplasty

9.9
A surgery that changes muscles and soft tissues so a person can move better or control an artificial limb
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪnəˌplæsti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cineplastia
  • After the cineplasty procedure, she was able to move her artificial limb more freely and accurately.
  • tunnel cineplasty
  • muscle tunnel cineplasty
  • biceps cineplasty

Examples

  • The surgical procedure to create a muscle tunnel cineplasty was most recently described by Bruckner (8).

    Academic text (2001)
  • The surgeon explained that a cineplasty would help improve the patient's control over their new prosthetic arm.

  • Quantification of cineplasty performance was measured with the use of pursuit tracking experiments.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The mechanical properties for each subject's biceps muscle tunnel cineplasty.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Their physiological studies led them to conclude that tunnel cineplasties were a reliable source of control.

    Academic text (2001)
  • A large body of data was obtained that characterizes human performance with the use of muscle tunnel cineplasties.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Both tunnel cineplasty prosthesis control and cable-actuated prosthesis control are examples of position control.

    Academic text (2001)
  • However, the differences shown between the tracking performance with a cineplasty and a figure-of-nine harness are not statistically significant.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Average results for pursuit tracking data obtained for three persons with biceps tunnel cineplasties are shown in Figure 4.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Pectoral or other tunnel cineplasties offer a means of creating greatly needed control sites at these higher levels of amputation.

    Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

myoplasty
vscineplasty
  • Specialized
1 9.9

An operation to repair or rebuild muscle

aims specifically to improve movement or enable artificial limb control
cineplastics
vscineplasty
  • Specialized
9.9

Operations using pieces of muscle to help control artificial limbs

covers a wider range of tissue changes, not only muscle grafts

How Invasive

major surgery
  • Specialized
12 4.0
cineplasty
  • Specialized
9.9
reconstructive surgery
  • Specialized
14 3.9
minor surgery
  • Specialized
4 3.6
curative treatment
  • Specialized
3.8

Surface Forms

cineplasty singular
cineplasties plural

Morphology

cineplasty = plasty (opaque) = cine + plasty + cine

The prefix 'cine-' is not a common standalone word in English, and the specific medical meaning is not directly derivable from the components.

Etymology

Cineplasty joins cine- meaning 'move' (as in cinema, which shows movement) and -plasty meaning 'to shape' or 'form' (as in plastic surgery). So cineplasty is surgery that 'shapes movement' to help someone move better or control an artificial limb.