au·to·plas·ty (ô t -pl s t )n. Surgical repair or reconstruction of a body part using tissue taken from another part of the body. au to·plastic adj.au to·plasti·cal·ly adv. |
autoplasty [ˈɔːtəˌplæstɪ]
n
(Medicine / Surgery) surgical repair of defects by grafting or transplanting tissue from the patient's own body
autoplastic adj
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| Noun | 1. | autoplasty - 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" graft, transplant - (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient |
| 2. | autoplasty - surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery - surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue |
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