Etymology

velopharyngoplasty

Today it means: A surgical procedure that reconstructs or modifies the velum and the back of the pharynx to improve how they close during speech and swallowing. Full definition →

English pharyngoplasty ← Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós) ← Proto-Hellenic *plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*weg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wegslomder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-der.?
  4. Proto-Italic*wekslom
  5. Latinvēlum
  6. Englishvelo-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰruHg-der.?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-der.?
  9. Pre-Greek*?der.?
  10. Ancient Greekφάρυγξ (phárunx)
  11. New Latinpharynx
  12. Englishpharyngo-
  13. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  14. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  15. Ancient Greekπλᾰ́σσω (plắssō)
  16. Ancient Greekπλᾰστός (plăstós)
  17. Englishpharyngoplasty
  18. English todayvelopharyngoplasty

From velo- + pharyngoplasty.

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