Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue;
[syn: plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Anaplasty \An`a*plas`ty\, n. [Gr. ? again + ? to form: cf. F.
anaplastie.] (Surg.)
The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal
shape by the use of healthy tissue.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
anaplasty
n 1: surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation
of tissue [syn: plastic surgery, reconstructive
surgery, anaplasty]