ˈuranoˌplasty Surg.
[a. F. uranoplastie: see urano-1 b and -plasty.]
Plastic surgery of the hard palate.
| 1846 F. Brittan tr. Malgaigne's Man. Oper. Surg. 370 Uranoplasty... The ligatures being placed as in Staphyloplasty,..the operator detaches..the layer of soft parts. 1862 N. Syd. Soc. Year-Bk. Med. 248 Uranoplasty by detachment of the Mucous-peritoneal Covering of the Palate. 1872 Cohen Dis. Throat 200 [An] operation of uranoplasty for cleft of the hard palate. |