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autoplasty

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Autoplasty \Au"to*plas`ty\, n. [Auto- + -plasty.] (Surg.)
   The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a
   piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to
   supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.

Source : WordNet®

autoplasty
     n 1: 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" [syn: {autograft}]
     2: surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the
        patient's own body
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