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heteroplasty

American  
[het-er-uh-plas-tee] / ˈhɛt ər əˌplæs ti /

noun

Surgery.

PLURAL

heteroplasties

  1. the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.

heteroplasty British  
/ ˈhɛtərəʊˌplæstɪ /

noun

  1. the surgical transplantation of tissue obtained from another person or animal

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  • heteroplastic adjective

Etymology

Origin of heteroplasty

First recorded in 1850–55; hetero- + -plasty

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