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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.