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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person;
- Example: "skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms"
[syn: autograft, autoplasty]

2. surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, autoplasty] 2: surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body