Meanings
suffix
- medicineRepair or restoration of a part or function.
- Molding or shaping through a surgical procedure.
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
- Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
- Ancient Greekπλᾰ́σσω (plắssō)
- Ancient Greekπλᾰστός (plăstós)
- English-plasty
Derived from Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós, “molded, formed”).
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Bulgarian -пластика
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Catalan -plàstia
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Czech -plastika
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Danish -plastik
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Finnish -plastia
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French -plastie
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German -plastik
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Greek -πλαστική
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Italian -plastica
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Persian ـپلاستی
- ـپلاستی (-plâsti)Translations
Polish -plastyka
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Portuguese -plastia
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Romanian -plastie
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Russian -пла́стика
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Spanish -plastia
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Swedish -plastik
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Turkish -plasti
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Cite this entry
APA
-plasty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-plasty
MLA
“-plasty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-plasty. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-plasty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-plasty.
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