See Also: cheiroplasty(medicine)

-er 2, suffix (oh) and cheiroplasty (medicine)


-er 2, suffix (oh)



2 suffix [in nouns]
someone who does something or is doing something
::a dancer
::a driver
something that does something
::a scraper (=a tool you use for scraping)
-see also -ar , -or

cheiroplasty (medicine)


cheiroplasty


Rarely used term for plastic surgery of the hand.

Synonym: chiroplasty.

Origin: cheiro-+ G. Plastos, formed