autoplasty

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

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au·to·plas·ty (ôt-plst)

n.

Surgical repair or reconstruction of a body part using tissue taken from another part of the body.

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auto·plastic adj.

auto·plasti·cal·ly adv.

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autoplasty

replacement or reconstruction of diseased or injured parts with tissues taken from another region of the patient's own body.