Surgical suturing or stitching of a patient's own tissues together, using the person's own material to close wounds or unite body parts.
From Greek autos (self) + rhaphē (seam, suture). Medical term combining auto- with -rraphy, a suffix meaning 'stitching or seaming.'
Doctors sometimes take your own fascia (body tissue covering) to stitch together major wounds or organs because your body won't reject stitches made from its own material!
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