AUTOGRAFT

autograft, autoplasty

(noun) tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; “skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

autograft (plural autografts)

(surgery) The surgical transfer of tissue from one part of the body to another part.

Verb

autograft (third-person singular simple present autografts, present participle autografting, simple past and past participle autografted)

(transitive) To graft in this manner.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

3 April 2025

WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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