ARTHROPLASTY

PRONUNCIATION: (AR-thruh-plas-tee)

MEANING: noun: The surgical repair or replacement of a joint.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek arthro- (joint) + -plasty (formation, repair, molding). Earliest documented use: 1890.
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EARTHROPLASTY - plate tectonics

ARTHROBLAST - an embryonic cell precursor that differentiates into a new joint

A.C.T.H.-ROPLASTY - genetic manipulation that alters the folding of Adreno-Cortico-Tropic Hormone, and thus its shape