† meloplasticn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; probably modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Greek μῆλον , -plastic comb. form.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μῆλον cheek (in ancient Greek in sense ‘apple’: see male n.²) + -plastic comb. form, probably after German Meloplastik (1838 or earlier). Compare later meloplasty n.

Surgery. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

= meloplasty n.In later editions of Dunglison's Med. Lexicon presented as an adjective, with ‘An epithet for’ prefixed to the definition. Cf. discussion at -plastic comb. form.

ΚΠ

1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 536/2 Meloplastic, the operation for forming a new cheek when any part of it has been lost.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	meloplastic
释义	† meloplasticn. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; probably modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Greek μῆλον , -plastic comb. form. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek μῆλον cheek (in ancient Greek in sense ‘apple’: see male n.²) + -plastic comb. form, probably after German Meloplastik (1838 or earlier). Compare later meloplasty n. Surgery. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. = meloplasty n.In later editions of Dunglison's Med. Lexicon presented as an adjective, with ‘An epithet for’ prefixed to the definition. Cf. discussion at -plastic comb. form. ΚΠ 1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 536/2 Meloplastic, the operation for forming a new cheek when any part of it has been lost. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1848
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