S-plasty

English

Etymology

From S +‎ -plasty.

Noun

S-plasty (countable and uncountable, plural S-plasties)

(surgery) A surgical technique to repair skin defects by means of a long, approximately S-shaped incision.
Coordinate term: Z-plasty

Related terms

lazy S

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