What is "anaplasty"

Anaplasty \An`a*plas`ty\, n. [Gr. ? again + ? to form: cf. F. anaplastie.] (Surg.) The art of operation of restoring lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.

n. (context surgery English) The restoration of lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.

n. surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue [syn: plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery]