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het·er·o·plas·ty
 heteroplasty
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- pronunciation:
- he
t
ro
plae
sti
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
heteroplasties |
| definition: |
plastic surgery that uses grafts of tissue from another individual or species.
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| derivation: |
heteroplastic (adj.) |
The word heteroplasty
contains the following parts:
plas, plast, plasm, -plasty
Greek
root
that means mold, form; growth
  Example words:
aplastic anemia, cataplasia, ceroplastic, chloroplast, cytoplasm, dysplasia, ectoplasm, endoplasm, heteroplasty, hyperplasia, hypoplasia, neoplasm, plasma, plasmagene, plasmapheresis, plasmid, plasmin, plasmolysis, plaster, plastic, plasticizer, plastid, protoplasm, rhinoplasty, somatoplasm, thermoplastic, trophoplasm
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