Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun autoplasty
2 senses of autoplasty
Sense 1
autograft, autoplasty -- (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")
=> graft, transplant -- ((surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient)
Sense 2
autoplasty -- (surgical repair by using tissue from another part of the patient's own body)
=> plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty -- (surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue)