Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

s-plasty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: s--plas-ty
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A surgical technique to repair skin defects by means of a long, approximately S-shaped incision.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From S + -plasty.

Usage

Inflected Forms

S-plasties (plural)

Phrases

lazy S

Frequently Paired Words

lazy S Z-plasty

Questions

What does s-plasty mean?: A surgical technique to repair skin defects by means of a long, approximately S-shaped incision.
Where does s-plasty come from?: From S + -plasty.

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