autoplasty

Noun
  1. Tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person (synset 105590808)
    "skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms"
    is a type 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
    same as: autograft
  2. Surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body (synset 100668339)
    is a type of: anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery - surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue

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