Autotransplantation
autograft.
autotransplantation au·to·trans·plan·ta·tion (ô’tō-trāns’plān-tā’shən)
n.
the transplantation of a tissue or an organ from one site onto another on or in the body of the same individual.
autotransplant au·to·trans·plant (ô’tō-trāns’plānt’)
n.
see autograft.
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