English Explanatory Dictionary

veloplasty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. repair of the soft palate

Word forms

veloplasty veloplasties

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weg-der.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *wekslom Latin vēlumder. English velo- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós)der. English -plasty English veloplasty From velo- + -plasty.

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