What it means
The ending in arthroplastyAR-throh-plas-teeSurgery to repair or replace a joint, most often the hip or knee.arthr/o joint-plasty surgical repairFull entry (joint repair or replacement), angioplasty (opening a vessel), rhinoplasty (nose surgery) and blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery).
Remember it
-plasty is plastic surgery; -plasia is growth.
Easy to confuse with
-plasia
A word ending that means formation or growth of cells or tissue.
Related terms
blephar/o
A word part that means eyelid.
arthroplasty
Surgery to repair or replace a joint, most often the hip or knee.
-plasia
A word ending that means formation or growth of cells or tissue.