[f. Gr. σταφυλή (see STAPHYLE) + -PLASTY.] (See quot. 1890.) So Staphyloplastic a.
1846. [see STAPHYLORRHAPHY].
1855. Dunglison, Med. Lex., Staphyloplastic, an epithet applied to the operation for replacing the soft palate, when it has been lost.
1890. G. M. Gould, New Med. Dict., Staphyloplasty, a plastic operation for the closure of cleft palate.
