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autoplastic |
autoplasty
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autoplasty
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun autoplasty has 2 senses
- autoplasty(n = noun.body) autograft - 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" is a kind of graft, transplant
- autoplasty(n = noun.act) Array - surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body; Array is a kind of anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery
Derived form adjective autoplastic1
Derived form adjective autoplastic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
autoplasty, n. [Auto- + -plasty.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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