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RECTOPLASTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rectoplasty mean?
• RECTOPLASTY (noun)
The noun RECTOPLASTY has 1 sense:
1. reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum
Familiarity information: RECTOPLASTY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
proctoplasty; rectoplasty
Hypernyms ("rectoplasty" is a kind of...):
anaplasty; plastic surgery; reconstructive surgery (surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue)
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