Term: autoplasty
Literally meaning: “molding itself”
Origin: Anc Greek
αυτός/eaftos- /(=pronoun that deneotes “self” )
πλάσσω/plasso(=to shape)>plasty(=suffix)
Coined/History
Definition
Heteroplasty is a surgical transplantationof a tissue from one site of an organism to another site.
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