AUTOPLASTY
autoplasty
(noun) surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient’s own body
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
autoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural autoplasties)
The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.
Source: Wiktionary
Au"to*plas`ty, n. Etym: [Auto- + -plasty.] (Surg.)
Definition: The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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