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Webster 1913 Edition


Autoplasty

Au′to-plasˊty

,
Noun.
[
Auto-
+
-plasty
.]
(Surg.)
The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.

Definition 2024


autoplasty

autoplasty

English

Noun

autoplasty (plural autoplasties)

  1. The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.

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References

  • autoplasty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913