A surgical procedure or medical process involving the reshaping or reconstruction of a core structure, often in tissue or organ repair.
From 'core' + '-plasty' (from Greek 'plastia' meaning surgical formation or repair). This medical suffix appears in hundreds of surgical terms like 'rhinoplasty' and 'arthroplasty'.
The '-plasty' suffix is a surgeon's favorite tool in medical terminology—every repair operation involving reshaping gets this tag, making it instantly recognizable to medical professionals worldwide.
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