Stăph'y-lo-plăs'tie, n.

n. [Gr. σταφυλή, bunch of grapes, also, the uvula when swollen at the lower end so as to resemble a grape on its stalk, and πλάσσειν, to form.] (Surg.) The operation for restoring or replacing the soft palate, when it has been lost. Dunglison.