Autoplastic vs. Autoplasty — What's the Difference?

Surgical repair or reconstruction of a body part using tissue taken from another part of the body.

Surgical repair or reconstruction of a body part using tissue taken from another part of the body.

Of or pertaining to autoplasty a type of lesion repair with healthy tissue.

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. In present-day contexts likelier to be called autotransplantation or autografting.

(psychology) Involving a subject changing oneself rather than the environment or situation.

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.

Of or pertaining to autoplasty.

Tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person;

Of or relating to or involved in autoplasty

Surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body