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autoplasty

American

[aw-tuh-plas-tee] / ˈɔ təˌplæs ti /

noun

Surgery.

plural

autoplasties

the repair of defects with tissue from another part of the patient's body.

autoplasty British

/ ˈɔːtəˌplæstɪ /

noun

surgical repair of defects by grafting or transplanting tissue from the patient's own body

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Other Word Forms

autoplastic adjective

Etymology

Origin of autoplasty

First recorded in 1850–55; auto- ¹ + -plasty

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Of or pertaining to autoplasty.

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Autoplasty, aw′to-plas-ti, n. a mode of surgical treatment which consists in replacing a diseased part by means of healthy tissue from another part of the same body.

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