miniplate

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noun

A small surgical plate.

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Meanings

nounminiplate (plural miniplates)

plural miniplates

  1. medicineA small surgical plate.

    Several kinds of laminoplasties have been reported for lesions of the thoracic and lumbar spine, including use of a titanium miniplate and translaminar screws.

    2015 July 4, Naohisa Miyakoshi et al., “En-bloc resection of thoracic calcified meningioma with inner dural layer in recapping T-saw laminoplasty: a case report”, in BMC Surgery, volume 15, →DOI

Origin

From mini- + plate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

mapletini
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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