SINCE 1828
cineplasty
noun
cin·e·plas·ty
| \ ˈsin-ə-ˌplas-tē
\
\
variants:
also kineplasty \ ˈkin-ə-
, ˈkī-nə-
\
, ˈkī-nə-
\
plural cineplasties
Medical Definition of cineplasty
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
Other Words from cineplasty
cineplastic
\ ˌsin-ə-ˈplas-tik
\
also kineplastic \ ˌkin-ə-
, ˌkī-nə-
\
adjective
\
also kineplastic \ ˌkin-ə-
, ˌkī-nə-
\
adjective
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