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heteroplasty

[het-er-uh-plas-tee]
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noun, plural het·er·o·plas·ties. Surgery.
  1. the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.

Origin of heteroplasty

First recorded in 1850–55; hetero- + -plasty
Related formshet·er·o·plas·tic, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for heteroplasty

heteroplasty

noun plural -ties
  1. the surgical transplantation of tissue obtained from another person or animal
Derived Formsheteroplastic, adjective
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heteroplasty in Medicine

heteroplasty

(hĕt′ər-ə-plăs′tē)
n.
  1. The surgical grafting of tissue obtained from one individual or species to another.
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