miniplate

A small surgical plate.

Noun

  1. A small surgical plate.
    • Several kinds of laminoplasties have been reported for lesions of the thoracic and lumbar spine, including use of a titanium miniplate and translaminar screws. - 2015 July 4, Naohisa Miyakoshi et al., “En-bloc resection...

Origin

From mini- + plate.

Forms

miniplates