1. Surgical procedure for repair of a defect or restoration of form and/or function of a part. ... 2. <suffix> Molding, shaping or the result thereof, as of a surgical procedure. ... Origin: G. Plastos, formed ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
-plas'ty [ Greek ... to mold, form.] A combining form denoting the act or process of forming , development , growth ; as, auto plasty , perineo plasty .