Anaplasty

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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