Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

otoplasty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: oto-plas-ty
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A procedure of plastic surgery used to change the appearance or shape of a person’s ears.

Etymology

Formed as oto- + -plasty, after the German Otoplastik; compare the earlier otoplastic and the French otoplastie.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ot
Suffix: plasty

Inflected Forms

otoplasties (plural)

Questions

What does otoplasty mean?: A procedure of plastic surgery used to change the appearance or shape of a person’s ears.
Where does otoplasty come from?: Formed as oto- + -plasty, after the German Otoplastik; compare the earlier otoplastic and the French otoplastie.

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