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STAPHYLOPLASTY

Definition: STAPHYLOPLASTY

STAPHYLOPLASTY

Noun

1. The operation for restoring or replacing the soft palate when it has been lost.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Staphyloplasty \Staph"y*lo*plas`ty\, noun. [Greek expression bunch of grapes, also, the uvula when swollen at the lower end -plasty.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "STAPHYLOPLASTY"

Words rhyming with "STAPHYLOPLASTY" (pronounced 'Staph"y*lo*plas`ty'): Anaplasty, Autoplasty, Canthoplasty, Cheiloplasty, Coreplasty, Fool-hasty, Galvanoplasty, hoity-toity, Meloplasty, Morioplasty, Naivety, Neoplasty, Osteomanty, Osteoplasty, Pederasty, Perineoplasty, Photo-epinasty, Purparty, rhinoplasty, Stomatoplasty, Uraniscoplasty, uranoplasty, Urethroplasty. (additional references)

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Anagrams: STAPHYLOPLASTY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-h-l-l-o-p-p-s-s-t-t-y-y"

-5 letters: allopaths.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: STAPHYLOPLASTY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 54 41 50 48 59 4C 4F 50 4C 41 53 54 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01010100 01000001 01010000 01001000 01011001 01001100 01001111 01010000 01001100 01000001 01010011 01010100 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0054 0041 0050 0048 0059 004C 004F 0050 004C 0041 0053 0054 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5354355042594649504635535459

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Rhymes
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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