Autoplasty

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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