meloplastyn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛlə(ʊ)ˌplasti/, U.S.

/ˈmɛləˌplæsti/

Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French méloplastie.

Etymology: Probably < French méloplastie (1855) < Hellenistic Greek μῆλον cheek (in ancient Greek in sense ‘apple’: see male n.²) + -plastie -plasty comb. form. Compare earlier meloplastic n.

Surgery.

Plastic surgery of the cheek; an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1883 R. Lyell in T. Holmes & J. W. Hulke Syst. Surg. (ed. 3) III. 681 Plastic Operations on the Cheek (Meloplasty).

1966 Brit. Jrnl. Plastic Surg. 19 374 (title) Underdevelopment of a mandible following meloplasty.

1980 Otolaryngologic Clinics N. Amer. 13 219 When it is combined with meloplasty, separate compartments are retained so as to alleviate at least some of the problems developing from postoperative facial hematomas.

1986 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83 3830/2 The human epidermal keratinocytes were obtained from a meloplasty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meloplasty
释义	meloplastyn. Brit. /ˈmɛlə(ʊ)ˌplasti/, U.S. /ˈmɛləˌplæsti/ Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French méloplastie. Etymology: Probably < French méloplastie (1855) < Hellenistic Greek μῆλον cheek (in ancient Greek in sense ‘apple’: see male n.²) + -plastie -plasty comb. form. Compare earlier meloplastic n. Surgery. Plastic surgery of the cheek; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1883 R. Lyell in T. Holmes & J. W. Hulke Syst. Surg. (ed. 3) III. 681 Plastic Operations on the Cheek (Meloplasty). 1966 Brit. Jrnl. Plastic Surg. 19 374 (title) Underdevelopment of a mandible following meloplasty. 1980 Otolaryngologic Clinics N. Amer. 13 219 When it is combined with meloplasty, separate compartments are retained so as to alleviate at least some of the problems developing from postoperative facial hematomas. 1986 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83 3830/2 The human epidermal keratinocytes were obtained from a meloplasty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1883
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