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Definition of Autoplasty
1. Noun. 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"
2. Noun. Surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body.
Definition of Autoplasty
1. n. 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.
Definition of Autoplasty
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Autoplasty
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Autoplasty
Literary usage of Autoplasty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Operative Surgery, Based on Normal and Pathological Anatomy by Joseph-François Malgaigne (1851)
"The autoplasty at a distance is called the method of ... autoplasty is subject
to some general rules. ..."
2. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"Inspection; examination by one's self ; self-inspection. Often improperly used
for the following : autoplasty, ..."
3. Surgical operations: A Handbook for Students and Practitioners by Friedrich Pels-Leusden (1912)
"... during this procedure small pieces of skin are sacrificed by the knife, and
must be replaced forthwith by means of a Krause free skin autoplasty. ..."
4. Ocular Therapeutics by Armand Darier (1903)
"... antiseptic treatment, protection of the wound by conjunctival autoplasty ;
infectious complications ; sympathetic ophthalmitis j causes of the ..."
5. Plastics and orthopedics by David Prince (1871)
"... firm and resisting, and a perforated rubber pessary, introduced into the
vagina, retained the parts in position.* autoplasty of the Penis. ..."
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