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autoplasty
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autoplasty /au·to·plas·ty/ (aw´to-plas″te)
1. autotransplantation.
2. in psychoanalytic theory, adaptation by changing one's self rather than the external environment.autoplas´tic
au·to·plas·ty (ôt-plst)
n.
Surgical repair or reconstruction of a body part using tissue taken from another part of the body.
auto·plastic adj.
auto·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
replacement or reconstruction of diseased or injured parts with tissues taken from another region of the patient's own body.


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