See Also: episioplasty(medicine)

lariat (iou) and episioplasty (medicine)


lariat (iou)



lariat noun. M19.
[from Spanish la reata, from la the + reata, from reatar tie again, from re- RE- + atar from Latin aptare adjust, from aptus: see APT. Cf. RIATA.]
A lasso; a rope for tethering animals, esp. used by cowboys.

episioplasty (medicine)


episioplasty
Plastic surgery of the vulva.

Origin: episio-+ G. Plastos, formed