septoplasty

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Etymology

From septo- +‎ -plasty.

Noun

septoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural septoplasties)

  1. (surgery) A corrective surgical procedure to straighten a deviated nasal septum.
  2. (surgery) A surgical procedure to harvest cartilage from the nasal septum to be used as grafting material.

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