cranioplasty

cranioplasty
An operation to correct a cranial defect, such as burring or onlay bone grafting or application of alloplastic material. [cranio- + G. plastos, formed]

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cra·nio·plas·ty -.plas-tē n, pl -ties the surgical correction of skull defects

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cra·nio·plas·ty (kraґne-o-plas″te) [cranio- + -plasty] any plastic operation on the skull; surgical correction of defects of the skull. cranioplastic adj

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