achiloplastica
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achiloplastica f sing
- (antico) (chirurgia) operazione chirurgica che consiste nel formare artificialmente il labbro inferiore che sia mancante in tutto o in parte
dal greco antico α (a-) privativo, χεῖλος (labbro) e πλάσσω (io formo)
- Autori vari, Nuova enciclopedia popolare, vol. 1, Torino, Pomba, 1841, p. 137.