uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

English

Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. A) pre-operative, B) original UPPP, C) modified UPPP, and D) minimal UPPP.

View of the throat 8 years following Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-der.

Proto-Italic *oiwā

Latin ūva

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ula

Late Latin ūvulabor.

English uvula

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

English uvulo-

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *pel-?

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder.

Latin palātumder.

English palato-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der.?

Pre-Greek *?der.?

Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx)bor.

New Latin pharynxder.

English pharyngo-

Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō

Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō?

Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós)der.

English -plasty

English uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

From uvulo- + palato- + pharyngo- + -plasty.

Noun

uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural uvulopalatopharyngoplasties, abbreviation UPPP)

1. (surgery) A surgical procedure used to remove tissue in the throat in order to widen the airway of the patient, typically carried out as treatment for sleep apnea.

Translations

surgical procedure used to remove tissue in the throat

• Czech: uvulopalatofaryngoplastika f
• Finnish: uvulopalatofaryngoplastia

See also

• uvulopalatopharyngoglossoplasty
• uvulopalatoplasty