autograft (redirected from free gingival autograft)

autograft /au·to·graft/ (aw´to-graft) a tissue graft transferred from one part of the patient's body to another part.

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au·to·graft (ôt-grft)

n.

A tissue or an organ grafted into a new position in or on the body of the same individual. Also called autologous graft, autotransplant.

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Autograft

Tissue that is taken from one part of a person's body and transplanted to a different part of the same person.

Mentioned in: Bone Grafting, Skin Grafting

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autograft

[ô′təgraft′]

Etymology: Gk, autos + graphion, stylus

surgical transplantation of any tissue from one part of the body to another location in the same individual. Autografts are used in several kinds of plastic surgery, most commonly to replace skin lost in severe burns. Compare allograft, isograft, xenograft. See also graft.

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autograft,

n See graft, autogenous.

n a procedure in which a graft is attached to an exposed area of a tooth's root. The graft is normally obtained from the palate of the oral cavity.

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autograft

a graft transferred from one part of the patient's body to another part.

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autograft

Surgery A tissue obtained from one site on the body, which is 'donated'–engrafted–to another