Autoplasty
the repair of defects with tissue from another part of the patient’s body.
noun
surgical repair of defects by grafting or transplanting tissue from the patient’s own body
autoplasty au·to·plas·ty (ô’tō-plās’tē)
n.
Surgical repair or reconstruction of a body part using tissue taken from another part of the body.
au’to·plas’tic adj.
au’to·plas’ti·cal·ly adv.
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