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autoplasty

autoplasty

9.9
Surgery to repair a body part using tissue from another part of the person's body
  • noun
  • /ˌɔːtəˈplæsti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : autoplastia
  • The surgeon performed an autoplasty using skin from the patient's thigh to repair the burn.

Examples

  • After the accident, autoplasty was chosen to reconstruct the damaged facial tissue.

  • The doctor recommended an autoplasty for her injury.

  • Developments in autoplasty have improved recovery times for patients requiring tissue grafts.

  • She underwent an autoplasty last week.

  • After the accident, autoplasty was chosen to reconstruct the damaged facial tissue.

  • The surgeon performed an autoplasty using skin from the patient's thigh to repair the burn.

  • Developments in autoplasty have improved recovery times for patients requiring tissue grafts.

Synonyms

plastic surgery
vsautoplasty
  • Specialized
99 3.6

Operations that repair body parts or change them to improve looks

is a specific repair method that uses tissue taken from elsewhere on same person
reconstructive surgery
vsautoplasty
  • Specialized
14 3.9

An operation that fixes body parts so they look and work better after injury or disease

employs tissue taken from another body site of same person to rebuild parts
autotransplantation
vsautoplasty
  • Specialized
1 8.1

Moving a person's own tissue or cells to another place in their body

focuses on repairing a body part using tissue taken from elsewhere on same person
anaplasty
vsautoplasty
  • Specialized
9.9

Surgery that rebuilds damaged body parts to restore how they look and work

uses tissue taken from another body area of same person for repair

Surface Forms

autoplasty singular
autoplasties plural

Morphology

autoplasty = plasty (semi-transparent) = auto + plasty

The meaning is fairly compositional from 'auto-' plus the medical repair term 'plasty', but the specialized medical base may not be familiar to average learners.

Etymology

The word autoplasty comes from the Greek parts auto- meaning 'self' and -plasty meaning 'to form' or 'to shape'. So autoplasty is a surgical repair where surgeons 'shape' tissue taken from the patient's own body, which is why the patient's own tissue is used.