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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
autoplasty
    n 1: tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another
         site on the same person; "skin from his thigh replaced the
         burned skin on his arms" [syn: autograft, autoplasty]
    2: surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the
       patient's own body

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Autoplasty \Au"to*plas`ty\, n. [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.
   [1913 Webster]

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