autoplasty /au·to·plas·ty/ (aw´to-plas″te)
autoplasty
autoplasty [aw´to-plas″te]
2. in psychoanalytic theory, adaptation by changing one's self rather than the external environment.autoplas´tic
au·to·plas·ty (ô t -pl s t )n. Surgical repair or reconstruction of a body part using tissue taken from another part of the body. au to·plastic adj.au to·plasti·cal·ly adv. |
autoplasty
[ô′təplas′tē]
Etymology: Gk, autos + plassein, to mold
a plastic surgery procedure in which autografts, or parts of the patient's own tissues, are used to replace or repair body areas damaged by disease or injury.
autoplasty [aw´to-plas″te]
in psychoanalytic theory, adaptation by changing one's self rather than the external environment. adj., adj autoplas´tic.
autoplasty
replacement or reconstruction of diseased or injured parts with tissues taken from another region of the patient's own body.
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