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autoplasty
[aw´to-plas″te]in psychoanalytic theory, adaptation by changing one's self rather than the external environment. adj., adj autoplas´tic.
autoplasty
/au·to·plas·ty/ (aw´to-plas″te)2. in psychoanalytic theory, adaptation by changing one's self rather than the external environment.autoplas´tic
autoplasty
(ô′tō-plăs′tē)n.
Surgical repair or reconstruction of a body part using tissue taken from another part of the body.
au′to·plas′tic adj.
au′to·plas′ti·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.
au·to·plas·ty
(aw'tō-plas-tē)Repair of defects by autotransplantation.
autoplasty
replacement or reconstruction of diseased or injured parts with tissues taken from another region of the patient's own body.