| Library / English Dictionary |
AUTOPLASTY
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("autoplasty" is a kind of...):
anaplasty; plastic surgery; reconstructive surgery (surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue)
Derivation:
autoplastic (of or relating to or involved in autoplasty)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person
Example:
skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms
Synonyms:
autograft; autoplasty
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("autoplasty" is a kind of...):
graft; transplant ((surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient)
Derivation:
autoplastic (of or relating to or involved in autoplasty)
