any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
Derived forms
dermatoplastic (ˌdermatoˈplastic)
adjective
dermatoplasty in American English
(ˈdɜrmətoʊˌplæsti; dərˈmætəˌplæsti)
noun
plastic surgery of the skin, as by skin grafts
Word origin
dermato- + -plasty
Examples of 'dermatoplasty' in a sentence
dermatoplasty
For two patients dermatoplasty was performed after necrectomies.
Donata Antanina Rusteikienė, Rima Žemaitaitienė, Antanas Norvaišis 2003, 'Ūminio anorektinio pūlinio (paraproktito) gydymas: 10 metų patirtis', Lietuvos Chirurgijahttp://www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-chirurgija/article/view/2408. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)