Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to autoplasty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
autoplasty .
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- adjective of or relating to or involved in autoplasty
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Examples
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During the same year I similarly undertook two autoplastic transplantations of a dog's kidney, but in each case septic complications arose.
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I have performed many venous transplantations, both autoplastic and homoplastic.
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In the case of the autoplastic transplantations the vein immediately underwent important anatomic modifications.
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In the case of autoplastic transplantations there was no change in the appearance of the vessel, which preserved its normal diameter and its elasticity.
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The first autoplastic transplantation of a kidney was performed by Ullmann in 1902.
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After that I endeavoured to ascertain to what extent the organs fulfilled their functions, according as the transplantations were autoplastic or homoplastic.
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If the transplanted segment is from the same animal, or from another animal of the same kind, or from a different kind of animal, the transplantations are autoplastic, homoplastic or heteroplastic respectively.
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It has further been demonstrated that autoplastic transplantation of organs like the kidney, for example, is always successful; but this fact is of itself of little practical interest.
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These can be divided into two classes - autoplastic transplantations and homoplastic transplantations.
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n. - grafting tissue from patient's own body. autoplastic, a.; Biology, pertaining to self-adaptation to environment; pertaining to autoplasty.
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