Autograft
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Autograft is a noun meaning (surgery) A tissue graft taken from one part to another of the same individual's body.
Meaning
(surgery) A tissue graft taken from one part to another of the same individual's body.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To graft in this manner.
Example Sentences
During this time surgeons began experimenting with autografting, which involved removing bone from one part of the body of a patient and transferring it to another.
Word Forms
- autografts
- autografting
- autografted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include orthograft, zoograft, graft, alloplasty, alloplast, lipograft.
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