cineplasty

noun

cin·e·plas·ty | \ ˈsin-ə-ˌplas-tē

\

variants: also kineplasty \ ˈkin-ə- ,

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

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