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RN, FNP, 21 years experience. Chondroplasty is the medical term meaning surgical repair of cartilage. (chondr/o meaning cartilage and -plasty meaning surgical repair). Chondroplasty is the medical term meaning surgical repair of cartilage. (chondr/o meaning cartilage and -plasty meaning surgical repair).
Unformatted text preview: Chondroplasty is the surgical repair of damaged cartilage[ chondr/o means cartilage, and - plasty means surgical repair]. Synovectomy is the surgical removal of a synovial membrane from a joint[ synov means synovial membrane, and -ectomy means rurgical removal]. One use of this procedure, which can be performed endoscopically, is to repair joint damage caused by rheumatoid arthritis.