Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
cin·e·plas·ty Pronunciation:
'sin-&-"plas-tE Variant:
also ki·ne·plas·ty /'kin-&-,'kI-n&-/ Function:
noun Inflected Form:
plural -ties 1 : surgical fitting of a lever to a muscle in an amputation stump to facilitate theoperation of an artificial hand
2 : surgical isolation of a loop of muscle of chest or arm, covering it with skin, and attaching to it a prosthetic device to be operated bycontraction of the muscle in the loop —
cin·e·plas·tic /"sin-&-'plas-tik/ also ki·ne·plas·tic /"kin-&-,"kI-n&-/ adjective
