autoplasty

Definitions of autoplasty
  1. noun
    surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body
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    type of:
    anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery
    surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
  2. noun
    tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person
    synonyms: autograft
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    type of:
    graft, transplant
    (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
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