Autoplastic

/ɔːtəˈplæstɪk/ adjective

Relating to or involving the use of tissue from the same organism for grafting or reconstruction.

From 'autoplast' combining Greek 'auto-' (self) and 'plastic' (formable, from 'plastos' meaning molded). Term emerged with modern surgical techniques in the 19th-20th centuries.

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