cineplasty

cineplasty
cin·e·plas·ty 'sin-ə-.plas-tē also ki·ne·plas·ty 'kin-ə-, 'kī-nə- n, pl -ties
1) surgical fitting of a lever to a muscle in an amputation stump to facilitate the operation of an artificial hand
2) surgical isolation of a loop of muscle of chest or arm, covering it with skin, and attaching to it a prosthetic device to be operated by contraction of the muscle in the loop
cin·e·plas·tic .sin-ə-'plas-tik also ki·ne·plas·tic .kin-ə-, .kī-nə- adj

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cin·e·plas·ty (sinґə-plas″te) kineplasty.

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  • cineplasty — cin·e·plasty …   English syllables

  • cineplasty — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷tē noun ( es) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cine (variant of kine ) + plasty 1. : surgical fitting of a lever to a muscle in an amputation stump to facilitate the operation of an artificial hand 2. : surgical… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cineplastic — |sinə|plastik adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cineplasty + ic : of, relating to, or used in cineplasty …   Useful english dictionary

  • prosthesis — prosthetic /pros thet ik/, adj. prosthetically, adv. /pros thee sis/ for 1; /pros theuh sis/ for 2, n., pl. prostheses / seez/ for 1; / seez / for 2. 1. a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or… …   Universalium

  • kineplastic — kineplastic, kineplasty var of CINEPLASTIC, CINEPLASTY …   Medical dictionary

  • kineplasty — ˈkinəˌplastē, ˈkīn variant of cineplasty …   Useful english dictionary

  • -plasty — ˌplastē, laas , lais , ti noun combining form ( es) Etymology: French plastie, from Greek plastia form, mold, from plastos plast + ia y : plastic surgery dermatoplasty autoplasty …   Useful english dictionary

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