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AUTOPLASTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does autoplasty mean?
• AUTOPLASTY (noun)
The noun AUTOPLASTY has 2 senses:
1. tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person
2. surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body
Familiarity information: AUTOPLASTY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
autograft; autoplasty
Context example:
skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms
Hypernyms ("autoplasty" is a kind 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)
Derivation:
autoplastic (of or relating to or involved in autoplasty)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("autoplasty" is a kind of...):
anaplasty; plastic surgery; reconstructive surgery (surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue)
Derivation:
autoplastic (of or relating to or involved in autoplasty)
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